How powerful is greed?
Greed is a sly
philosopher.
He is a
long-suffering sniper.
He waits for the right
time to pull the trigger.
His methodology is
exact and subtle.
He sits with you like
a friend.
He consoles you like
a counselor.
He plays religion
with you too.
He preaches life more
abundantly.
He whispers about a
heaven on earth.
He forces you to confront
the cross of shame, poverty and
rejection.
He wants you to lead
a post-Calvary life of overcoming.
Greed wants you to
succeed.
He wants the best for
you.
He wants to see you
soar.
He wants you to
accumulate.
For much will have
more, and more will have much.
He is a maternal
nurturer whose bosoms flow with milk and honey.
Greed is a song of
hope.
Greed is a timeless
encourager.
He advocates
time-honored values.
Perseverance to the
end.
Patience to harvest
the fruits of one's labor.
Strength to run the
race.
And hope to see it
all through.
Greed draws upon
historical resources too.
Where will capitalism
be without greed?
Where will
market-driven growth be without greed?
Where will industrialization
be without greed?
Where will globalization
be without greed?
Where will modernity,
inventions, innovation, creative destruction,
prosperity, GDP, global trade,
wealth, surplus, technology all be without greed?
Greed cradles
civilization forward.
The invisible hand of
the market is the indulgent fan of greed.
For if the hand that
feeds is also the hand that needs to be fed, then greed is its sustenance and
profit its supplement.
The philosophy of
greed is the philosophy of raw utilitarianism.
The end justifies all means.
And all means
edifies
the end.
The greater good for
the majority is also the greater good for greed.
But the sleight of
hand here is not on how the greater good is defined but how the
"majority" is defined.
And the majority is
often not a quantitative measure but a qualitative one.
It is a weighted
majority not of numerical strength but of concentrated wealth.
Think of a pyramid
with its apex of power and the thousands that slave and die building it
stone
by stone and you will see my point.
And my point is about
a gilded point supported by a large base of unnecessary sacrifices.
As the base narrows
up to a tip, the power concentrates and acts as it deems fit.
As the storm stirs
from below, the froth of greed rises to take hold.
As the minimum wagers
wage on for survival, the maximum profiteers celebrate its acquisition
revival.
So the sly
philosopher is
eminently sly.
Not because he tells
it as it is.
But because he tells
it as it is not as if it is.
Now that's an art.
That's an
unfathomably great delusion.
Imagine truth
prostituted, virtue enslaved, and hope betrayed.
Greed takes the form
of an angel of light to guide all partakers on a self-indulgent flight.
He will incentivize
your conscience.
He will ease your
angst.
He will be your
companion till the
end.
He will resist all
resistance.
He will clear the
way.
And you will
experience unbridled latitude to act free from guilt, remorse and compassion.
Greed is the acid
that dissolves all moral resolve.
So greed is indeed
good, for the sly philosopher has spoken.
His religion is
redemption.
From a world of
shame, poverty and rejection.
You can find no
better friend or counselor as the effervescent greed.
And if you have half
the worldly mind, you would readily embrace greed.
For to do otherwise.
Is to be forever left
behind.
Cheerz.
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