Entry #7: Greed and The Greed Factor

Greed is defined as intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food. There are two people in this world: there are greedy people and there are people who are giving. For most of us, we have seen that people, in today’s world are greedy, why? It is quite simple to answer: Power and money. Yesterday, I was watching CTV News at Noon and in the evening at 6pm, there was this 16-year-old man (in my eyes, he is not a child after what this person did, he is a man, not a child) this man, was driving drunk, and murdered 4 people. In court, the man’s lawyer applied the affluenza to the man. By applying this, the man was set to probation. Yes, probation, no jail time, why, because this man’s parents taught him, that richness (power and money) can buy justice. The judge noticed this and said he is not responsible for the deaths of the four people. This is a prime example of greed, people WANT money and power, but since people have a certain amount of money that comes from their jobs, they do not get all they money they want. That is when the lottery comes into play, if a person wins the fifty million dollar jackpot; they say they will give it to charity. To me, that is a lie, because the greed inside the person, their brain will tell them “no its your money, all yours, don’t share it. This is what I like to call The Greed Factor. The Greed Factor is in everyone’s mind, even though people will deny it, they cannot hide it from others. The worst time of year The Greed Factor comes out is Christmas, yes, Christmas, the happiest time of the year, is actually, the most greediest time of the year. Because families will fight other families over a specific toy or item they need for a family member. To be quiet frank, I am disappointed around this time of year because of the Greed Factor. The best example I can relate to a film and real life on the Greed Factor is the malls at Christmas time and from the film Jingle All The Way. The malls (to me more specific Conestoga mall in Waterloo and Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener) are absolutely crazy because people want and need items because they left the Christmas shopping to the last minute and are frantically trying to find the items they have on their list for the family. This ties in with the film Jingle All The Way, in the film Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character Howard Langston, is trying to find a special toy for his son Jamie Langston. But a mailman played by Sinbad, wants the same toy for his son. Throughout the film Howard and Myron (the mailman) fight to the end to get this toy. At the end of the film, the only person without the Greed Factor is Howard’s son Jamie, who gets the toy, but does not want it anymore and gives to Myron to give to his son for Christmas.

That is my take on Greed and my theory on The Greed Factor, Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas break and there will be new sets of blogs in 2014.