How, exactly, is "I'm gonna make a new currency" not setting out to make money?
Well, one scenario? I don't keep any of the "new currency."
Satoshi was mining right along with the rest of them in the early days.
I think people in this thread are conflating greed, with a desire to attain financial security through hard work and productivity.
Greed is humanity's natural desire to better themselves. Sometimes financially.