Greed

Humans are the only creatures on earth that "want" more than they can use or “need”. No other animal will kill another one just for the heck of it, it will eat it. No wild animal will break a tree branch without a reason: it will eat the leaves or the fruit off of it. An animal will attempt to encroach on another ones turf, but only for the sake of survival, the food and the natural “need” for continuation of its specie. They can't lie, cheat, swindle and deceit one another in order to better themselves, like we do. Wait till they discover money. We have.

That's why things are the way they are. That's why there is greed. Need to grab for more. Through money comes power. The more money one has the higher he gets up the corporate or social ladder. The higher he gets the more subjects are left beneath to be controlled. The higher one gets the fiercer the battle for the top. Only the greediest (most successful), will win. Greed became an inevitable and necessary component of modern society.

The rest of us will follow suit guided by glitz and glamor that greedy are surrounded by. Does that make us less or as greedy? Why do religious people participate in everyday game of wanting more than they really need knowing of it being a deadly sin? And why is it that those same people created the biggest oxymoron on this subject by imprinting “In God we trust” on our currency? Is it, maybe, because we have invented a new term for greed: “success”. Well, then this is a typical case of mass hypocrisy. It is part of human nature. We call it civilization.