OCCUPY WINS; GREED HAS BEEN ERADICATED!
When does ambition, the pursuit of wealth, drive, the relentless
quest for self-improvement, become greed? Is it the banker putting
together bad investments knowing that nobody will read the prospectus,
the politician getting his big money backers a tax break or a federal
loan guarantee, the venture capitalist supporting political agendas that
will make his investments succeed, the back-stabbing middle manager
striving to please his boss, the retail clerk not ringing up that sale,
the union worker striking for higher pensions and free health care, the
investment angel that funds a tech start-up, the tax cheat? It has to
be in the mind of the beholder.
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Suddenly, without warning, across America,
protesters rejoiced as greed disappeared from the landscape. As the
protesters started to walk home, shoeless, cold, and naked, panic set in
as the disappearance of their cell phones, iPads, and computers put
them out of touch with each other.
As they walked in the dirt and mud where the streets used to be, the
sight of empty shops in crumbling buildings quieted the group. Bikes,
cars, taxis, police, street lights, buses, coffee, everything
disappeared as small groups of naked people started to huddle for warmth
as groups of thugs started picking up big sticks.
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