Then
AFFIRMATIVE
1. the greed caused by pursuit of money is damaging
2. spiritual damage
3. there are alternatives to money
4. family damage
5. money causes 90% of crime
6. if money was such a good thing then IT would serve the people. Instead people serve IT.
7. money equals a social status
1.Yes, because... The greed caused by pursuit of money is damaging.
Yes, because at its most corrupt, the greed for money can motivate to murder. It can make you embezzle, swindle, got to war, and even colonise other countries to control their resources. The need to have the most money and so think the most power is a dark force. Money and wealth have been the most explosive divide in history. Revolutions have generally involved the poor fighting for their rights and a share of the money from the minority rich. The burning desire from corporations and banking institutions to make more money for themselves and shareholders recently brought the world close to the brink of financial collapse.
No, because...
This is a very sad image that has been painted of the human race. Not all people are money grabbing bankers. in fact the majority of people are good-hearted, who are prepared to give away increasingly small small amounts of spare cash to help charities. They are willing to help. You can't blame corporations and bankers for doing what they are supposed to - and that is make money and turn a profit. In all exchanges someone is selling a service and someone is buying a service. There is no rule that says you cannot make money from the transaction. What we can do though is to change the environment in which banks operate. For example laws stipulating how much profit can be made, how much of profit needs to go back to society. We can take responibility for our own destinies instead of money leading us by the nose. As we develop technologically, research and development which leads to breakthroughs in all spheres of society cost money. The companies spending that money should
1. the greed caused by pursuit of money is damaging
2. spiritual damage
3. there are alternatives to money
4. family damage
5. money causes 90% of crime
6. if money was such a good thing then IT would serve the people. Instead people serve IT.
7. money equals a social status
1.Yes, because... The greed caused by pursuit of money is damaging.
Yes, because at its most corrupt, the greed for money can motivate to murder. It can make you embezzle, swindle, got to war, and even colonise other countries to control their resources. The need to have the most money and so think the most power is a dark force. Money and wealth have been the most explosive divide in history. Revolutions have generally involved the poor fighting for their rights and a share of the money from the minority rich. The burning desire from corporations and banking institutions to make more money for themselves and shareholders recently brought the world close to the brink of financial collapse.
No, because...
This is a very sad image that has been painted of the human race. Not all people are money grabbing bankers. in fact the majority of people are good-hearted, who are prepared to give away increasingly small small amounts of spare cash to help charities. They are willing to help. You can't blame corporations and bankers for doing what they are supposed to - and that is make money and turn a profit. In all exchanges someone is selling a service and someone is buying a service. There is no rule that says you cannot make money from the transaction. What we can do though is to change the environment in which banks operate. For example laws stipulating how much profit can be made, how much of profit needs to go back to society. We can take responibility for our own destinies instead of money leading us by the nose. As we develop technologically, research and development which leads to breakthroughs in all spheres of society cost money. The companies spending that money should