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Old 12-10-2004, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by albert_dao

Personally, I think greed is a spinoff behavior of territoriality.

To me, territoriality is about survival of the individual. On the other hand, greed is the desire to obtain more than is necessary to survive. This requires a level of intelligence only exhibited by humans (I think). We don't need a BMW, but many people want 1. We don't need a (insert some expensive designer clothing maker) designer jacket but many people want it. We don't need those diamond rings, etc, etc. On the other hand, Predatory animals generally don't kill more than they need to survive.