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tblue37

(68,454 posts) Mon May 18, 2026, 05:41 PM May 18

I believe that the drive to amass more & more wealth, no matter how much the person already has is [View all]

actually a form of hoarding, and that hoarding itself is driven by a runaway, out of control version of the drive for survival--the urge to accumulate, store up, and protect the stuff needed to survive. I imagine there are animals that also continue to collect and store up way more than they could possibly use, even if the drive to do so interferes with other important things they must do for their lives and well-being.

I also consider such wealth hoarding to be a form of insanity.

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I believe that the drive to amass more & more wealth, no matter how much the person already has is [View all] tblue37 May 18 OP

It is a money addiction and sadism. Irish_Dem May 18 #1

Addiction is what I think too. raccoon May 18 #2

I've been calling them "greed junkies" hvn_nbr_2 Tuesday #13

No amount of money will satisfy them. Irish_Dem Tuesday #17

True Codifer Wednesday #19

The money buys them the power. Irish_Dem Wednesday #22

.... markie May 18 #3

One of the Deadly Sins: GREED dave99 May 18 #4

It's definitely a mental illness. Everything wouldn't be enough. patphil May 18 #5

Agree! KT2000 May 18 #6

Me too. They are addicts. travelingthrulife May 18 #7

In my theorizing, it's a form of arrested development nuxvomica May 18 #8

"Money doesn't talk, It swears!!!" Ford_Prefect May 18 #9

I'm a bit pathological, also. I can't hold on to what I've gathered. erronis May 18 #10

They're thieves too purr-rat beauty May 18 #11

Or given the haste at which the pace to redistribute wealth away from the middle-class and poor ffr May 18 #12

In days of old they called it Gluttony... and a deadly sin n/t Tom Rinaldo Tuesday #14

check that...all of them. Tripper11 Tuesday #15

Well Done! n/t Tom Rinaldo Tuesday #16

Terror Management Theory (TMT) Another Jackalope Tuesday #18

I've referred to it as "scoreboarding." Happy Hoosier Wednesday #20

Crassus was the richest man in Rome who LOVED gold. dalton99a Wednesday #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Wednesday #23

Absolutely! SheltieLover Friday #24