Greed: Humanity's Driving Force

Whoa it's been a while since my last post. To the few who have been following my posts, my sincerest apologies. The past 7 months have been most unusual. So here I am trying to set things back on track, and what better way than to post up a rant.

I have been asked this question before quite a number fo times.
 " Bang Qin, why are you so greedy? You should learn to be complacent. You've got a lot of things other people can't even dream of possessing."

Gratitude is Complacency with Greed. Greed is a tool, not having the ability to inflict damage to anyone or anything without a user. Complacency is another word for Sloth or Laziness. If you disagree with my definition of Complacency, then you may say Complacency is us being happy and grateful and content with everything given to us; a family, health and a job opportunity, a safe country, a secure future. What you're trying very hard to bury is the realistic facts. The fact that you're settling for mediocre health, mediocre job, mediocre country and a mediocre future.

It's okay for simpletons to just settle, being content with all that is given to you and make the best of what you have. But understand also that by settling in mediocraty, you have automatically revoked your rights to advancement. Because advancement requires greed. Because advancement is against all of your principles of complacency.

Complacency is being happy with what is and not asking for more because that would require a certain amount of greed. Complacency is also the inability to demand because that too would require a certain amount of greed.

So in practical terms, a complacent person should not expect the Economy to improve. They should not expect the Education System in the country to improve. They should not hope for a cure for Cancer, even if they are stricken by it.

So Complacency is, simply put, just being there. And then it's gone. Nobody notices, nobody cares. The Complacent can never impact the world, they can never move society, they can never change minds. They just appear when they are allowed to, and when the time is gone, disappears.

Do you think the complacent discovered the Penicillin? Do you think the complacent landed on the Moon? Do you think the complacent built the Aventador ( yes, at this point Top Gear just aired that episode)? News flash, they were built by the Greedy. It is the gratification they're chasing after that gave us all the above. Greed is the key to humanity's advancement. If you thought scientists lock themselves in labs for so many years researching the cure to Cancer and AIDS because they were emotionally fueled by passion.

Very often people justify what they do to make themselves feel good about themselves, but ultimately they're all the same: success of driven by greed. Doctors and Insurance Agents tell themselves their jobs allow them to save lives and help people, but honestly they're just there for the money and status. No free ticket to heaven there.

I'm not saying we should not be happy with what we have. Feel gratitude. Feel Gratified. Thank God for all that is given. But never sit on it and be complacent. Never compare yourselves with people worst off just so you can relax. The world's advancement require responsible amounts of Greed. It also require Gratitude. It can never move forward with Complacency.

Don't take my word for it. Go out and see for yourselves. Make your own deductions.