Known as one of the seven deadly sins, greed could be described as the constant and unstoppable need to acquire possessions, especially those of a material type with the mission of keeping them, that is, greed in no way intends to group wealth and once managed to spend them as best it pleases according to the preferences or tastes that are had but are obtained to treasure them.
As a sin, greed does not present a positive side (as ambition could) and is then related to a sick and obsessive desire for the intended goal. Clearly, whoever is miser, as the person who presents this disposition is called, will be linked to money or any other material good in an obsessive and sick way. Meanwhile, when someone appears as a threat to his convictions in this regard, the miser may behave with that person in a violent and unpleasant way.
Greed, a characteristic feature of these times
Greed is also pointed out as one of the most typical characteristics of capitalist societies in which social progress is marked especially from wealth and material achievements.
According to various religions, and especially Catholicism, greed is one of the most characteristic sins of the human being. Through this feeling, the individual can develop incredible acts and actions that aim at the uninterrupted acquisition of material goods (money, possessions, real estate, etc.). However, greed can also be aimed at obtaining power and places of social hierarchy from which to operate at ease and without limits.
Many religions and philosophies express on the other hand that greed, as the clearest representative of capitalist societies, is by nature the immediate opposition to happiness. This is understood this way since greed acts as a trigger but also as a vice or addiction that prevents the desire to earn more and more from ever ending, even perhaps having obtained what was initially sought. Greed can easily lead a person to develop a serious psychological problem and generate different types of problems on a social and emotional level.
Although greed always existed as one of the conditions of the human being (being on the other hand imperfect), it is evident that consumerism developed in current societies facilitates and deepens these feelings since access to products and services of all kinds is permanent .
Linked to crime and other serious offenses
As we indicated, greed is an inclination that disposes the person to act in a dysfunctional way, and even in the most serious cases, it will be able to induce the person who suffers from it to practice actions that border or go beyond the law. In other words, this inordinate desire to possess more and more material goods may predispose the miser to the commission of crimes in several of its manifestations. Thus, robberies, kidnappings, scams, bribes, illegal sale of drugs or any other good can be incurred, among others, all of them actions that allow obtaining money easily, quickly and also in large amounts.
On the other hand, this type of behavior leads to the commission of serious moral and ethical faults on the part of the miser who, due to his excessive desire to be rich, can betray and defraud someone he loves, a friend, family member, resenting of course the relationship with him and ethical and moral standards.
