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Originally Posted by 4X4
No, I just think it's ridiculous that some peoples money is worth more than others. Your $9000 bike is a prized possession, but Edwards' money is something that should be carved up for public good?
Hey, if he robbed that money from the Canadian Mint, I'd be on your side, but he made that money employing Albertans and Canadians, most of which pay taxes. I don't see how some people are getting so pissed off that a guy that has actually contributed so much to the local and regional economy, only to get an extra few inches of dick put up his ass, is a bad guy for finding a better place to chill. I mean, you may think it's extravagant to have hundred dollar bills to wipe your ass with, but you own a bike that is so much more expensive than most people on Earth own? So what's fair? My truck is worth maybe ten grand. Do I owe it to the poor and downtrodden, or am I a victim of my father who owns an $80,000 vehicle?
It's just so pathetic to read people who think that just because someone has money, they either owe it to the greater good, or else they are greedy a-holes.
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They might not owe it to anyone in a legal sense, but it's absolutely fair to question/disagree with their decision to hoard obscene amounts of material wealth from a moral and ethical standpoint.
"It is absurd and disgraceful for one to live magnificently and luxuriously when so many are hungry. If one who takes the clothing off another is a thief, why give any other name to one who can clothe the naked and refuses to do so? The bread that you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold that you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor. ...How can I make you realize the misery of the poor? How can I make you understand that your wealth comes from their weeping?" - Basil the Great
"Non-possession is allied to non-stealing. A thing not originally stolen must nevertheless be classified as stolen property, if we possess it without needing it. ...The rich have superfluous store of things which they do not need and which are, therefore, neglected and wasted, while millions are starved to death for want of sustenance."
- Gandhi
"I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls."
- Kabir
If actively choosing to possess or hoard more of something than one needs simply for the sake of possessing it doesn't fit within your definition of greed, what does?