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Laura Martin's avatar

"Why are people who want for nothing, driven to hoard more money at the expense of a planet in ecological and social crisis?"

Narcissism, in addition to the aforementioned dopamine feedback and capitalism/consumerism. The current system rewards behaviour that brings them more money, they are very good at playing that game, and they truly don't give a shit for anything that can't somehow bring them gratification and another dopamine hit.

Every new datum is filtered through the lens of "how does this affect me?", and if the answer is, "not much, I can use my money to shield myself", or "I'll be dead by then", the datum is discounted or discarded.

Inability to feel empathy.

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Alan Duval's avatar

Dopamine addiction.

The first time you earn, say $10,000 dollars with your own business, you get a rush. To achieve that same feeling again next time, it needs to be $20,000. Then $40,000, etc., etc.

Obviously, the math isn't exact but, broadly speaking, it is the behaviour of addiction.

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