There is nothing wrong with profitting from ones labor. But intentitional price gouging to insure obscene profits is nothing short of indecent and is driven by pure greed. There will be severe social repercussion resulting from such ignorance.
Avarice is endemic to the human species, but greed is the number one American "value" in its worship of the infallible "Free Market God".
Western Religions may call greed a sin, but our culture will revere and serve mammon over helping the sick and poor.
Corporations are endowed with legal personhood, while human beings are denied access to basic healthcare.
Corporations can write our laws and buy our judges and politicians, to the degree they have become the immortal demi-gods we all must serve.
Nobody cares about this obvious cognitive dissonance when the almighty dollar is within grasp.
This is why religious hypocrites ignore the more humane values of their faith.
The utter absence of "love your neighbor" is almost universally reflected in the evangelical radical Right. They'd rather donate their money to greedy TV preachers, mega-church millionaires, and even Donald Trump, than see the "unworthy lazy poor", aka brown people, get food, shelter and healthcare.
Hate and indifference to human suffering are far stronger than love in their hearts.
But they do love their money and the political power it buys, almost as much as they love their self-righteousness.
The two greatest challenges facing humans is to overcome ignrance and greed. To simply understand this is not enough. Individual responsibility that triggers action is what is required. Collective action will then be the results leading to a better way..
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There is nothing wrong with profitting from ones labor. But intentitional price gouging to insure obscene profits is nothing short of indecent and is driven by pure greed. There will be severe social repercussion resulting from such ignorance.
Avarice is endemic to the human species, but greed is the number one American "value" in its worship of the infallible "Free Market God".
Western Religions may call greed a sin, but our culture will revere and serve mammon over helping the sick and poor.
Corporations are endowed with legal personhood, while human beings are denied access to basic healthcare.
Corporations can write our laws and buy our judges and politicians, to the degree they have become the immortal demi-gods we all must serve.
Nobody cares about this obvious cognitive dissonance when the almighty dollar is within grasp.
This is why religious hypocrites ignore the more humane values of their faith.
The utter absence of "love your neighbor" is almost universally reflected in the evangelical radical Right. They'd rather donate their money to greedy TV preachers, mega-church millionaires, and even Donald Trump, than see the "unworthy lazy poor", aka brown people, get food, shelter and healthcare.
Hate and indifference to human suffering are far stronger than love in their hearts.
But they do love their money and the political power it buys, almost as much as they love their self-righteousness.
The two greatest challenges facing humans is to overcome ignrance and greed. To simply understand this is not enough. Individual responsibility that triggers action is what is required. Collective action will then be the results leading to a better way..
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