Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
Is self-interest the term you are looking for? You can find a different term for it other then greed if it makes you more comfortable. But's it's not really a different instinct, just a difference of degree.
It's not accquisition for the sake of accquisition. You always are accquiring things for some purpose. It may be just basic needs like food, shelter and clothing. It might be for wants, luxury items. Nobody really needs a fancy sports car. And for some accquisition may be simply for the power and status it gives you relative to your neighbor. Look how many zeros I have. But the accquisition is always a means to an end, never the end in and of itself. Even if the person is unaware of that conciously.
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