Greed! More Properly Understood ...

SEE HERE There are seven deadly sins we are taught by our ancestors anger, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.  Men come into this world with a propensity to be sinful.  We all have mixtures of these seven sins and some of them are in dynamic tension.  Greed and Envy for example complement one another since one of the motivations of greed is envy of others and the desire to have more than they do.  Both play into the commandment: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.  Part of the kind of politics we see around us today is exploiting human sinfulness to gain power and influence.  The devil must be quite pleased with himself.