If humanity survives, I honestly think the greed will (and should now) be considered a mental illness.
Jesus, give me $5 million dollars, and I’d live on it for the rest of my life. That’d be 0.01% of his net worth, and I’d be so happy. I think many of us would.
But these people just want more. And more. They’re psychotic, and they’re ruining the world. We all know what they deserve.
I honestly think the greed will (and should now) be considered a mental illness.
At that point it would just be excusing bad behaviour, would it not? I wouldn’t say putting it on the same level as mental illness is fair, either. People with mental illnesses don’t want to be mentally ill. On the other hand, greed is a trait that directly shows itself in a person’s decisions. You can choose to be greedy, you can’t choose to have, say, arachnophobia.
Sociopathy (antisocial personality diaorder) is already a diagnosed illness with it’s main criteria being lack of empathy
Disregard for and violation of others rights since age 15, as indicated by one of the seven sub features:
Failure to obey laws and norms by engaging in behavior which results in criminal arrest, or would warrant criminal arrest
Lying, deception, and manipulation, for profit or self-amusement,
Impulsive behavior
Irritability and aggression, manifested as frequently assaults others, or engages in fighting
Blatantly disregards safety of self and others,
A pattern of irresponsibility and
Lack of remorse for actions (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)
That’s not greed though. I’ll say it again but more explicitly: Greed is not an illness, it’s a kind of behaviour that anyone can exhibit through their actions. It doesn’t matter whether they’re an average person or someone with an anti-social disorder, that applies regardless.
If humanity survives, I honestly think the greed will (and should now) be considered a mental illness.
Jesus, give me $5 million dollars, and I’d live on it for the rest of my life. That’d be 0.01% of his net worth, and I’d be so happy. I think many of us would.
But these people just want more. And more. They’re psychotic, and they’re ruining the world. We all know what they deserve.
It’s financial obesity, and should be treated as such
At that point it would just be excusing bad behaviour, would it not? I wouldn’t say putting it on the same level as mental illness is fair, either. People with mental illnesses don’t want to be mentally ill. On the other hand, greed is a trait that directly shows itself in a person’s decisions. You can choose to be greedy, you can’t choose to have, say, arachnophobia.
Sociopathy (antisocial personality diaorder) is already a diagnosed illness with it’s main criteria being lack of empathy
That’s not greed though. I’ll say it again but more explicitly: Greed is not an illness, it’s a kind of behaviour that anyone can exhibit through their actions. It doesn’t matter whether they’re an average person or someone with an anti-social disorder, that applies regardless.