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.
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I am not sure I understand. Are you saying that it is spiritual? Because if that is what you’re saying then I totally disagree. Greed is just in our nature, it is as we grow that we eventually learn to be content and not always wanting more.
People have a habit of not being satisfied. In truth, there is nothing wrong with being greedy or having many dreams in life, as long as you don't do harm to others to get everything you want. For me, if you are capable of doing something and you know yourself that you can achieve your dreams, there is nothing wrong if we aspire even higher.
It's been proven from time to time that money doesn't make people happy. I've heard stories of rich people falling into depression and even suicide. To live a fulfilling life, you need a lot more than just money. At least, having money allows you to survive in this world.
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One of the reasons why money doesn’t make people happy is because people overrate money and fight so hard to get it whereas all they ever needed was love. Most people who are depressed even with their money are people who thought money would make a lot of difference but they realized there’s really nothing special about it.