One of the strangest things I have noticed about humans is how we never stop being greedy. It is something we consciously or unconsciously drown ourselves in. Sometimes I sit and wonder why the richest people in the world want to make more money. I mean why not just make use of the one you have, it’ll last for all your generations. The person you speak of got drowned in greed. He didn’t even have enough funds to purse political power but he wanted it so badly and couldn’t wait till his business can stand the loss.
Greed is indeed the pure nature of man, but it remains in terms of self-control patterns as a human being, where you can control it or not the greed you have, it will be related to spiritual matters.
However, whoever is the richest entrepreneur at the same time they always want to be the top of all peaks with the goals that are in their hearts and minds, but it is different from people who always want an easy win, namely those gamblers who have expectations with a very small possibility of winning it, when given a win they always want more, and do not feel satisfied, meanwhile in gambling can get easily and also lose easily, things that will distinguish from entrepreneurs and gamblers in a scheme of thinking greed in life.
Everyone always has the trait of wanting to be the best of the best, in business, politics, career so do everything possible to achieve it.
I agree with you indeed greed is a pure nature and everyone must have it whether in terms of what but the main thing is clear in money, everyone must want a lot of money because it is a requirement to be able to survive also money has an important role in life, but in my opinion how to respond to greed properly, in my opinion what should be done is to work hard to be able to have a lot of money and achieve financial freedom. Because if you do gambling, it's not entirely possible. But it's true what you said for gamblers when they win they will want more so greed is definitely there.
The goal of all people must indeed want the best life, one of which has good finances, there are people who are crazy to work because they really want their lives to achieve financial freedom and I don't think that's bad as long as they can divide their time for family too.