From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 20:03:40 MDT
Olga Bourlin wrote:
>
> From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
>
> > In Swedish there are two words that get translated into greed in
> > English. "Girighet" means greed. Then there is "Missunsamhet", which
> > refers to dislike of seeing others have something. As I see it, the
> > missunsamhet-component of greed is the big problem. It is what makes
> > people dislike successful people and wish them less success.
>
> If I understand your translation from the Swedish, it seems "girighet" is
> actually the big problem. It is what makes rich people dislike poor people
> and wish them more poverty.
I've never known a wealthy person to wish more poverty on others, though
they may despise the poor for their lack of capability, luck, or
opportunism. Are you still hanging with the boyars, Olga? Missunsamhet
seems to be equal to 'jealousy' or 'resentment', and is indeed a big
problem. Having known many people throughout the economic spectrum, I
can say the poor hate and resent the rich far more than the reverse.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:14:58 MST