{"id":187,"date":"2006-03-18T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-18T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=187"},"modified":"2015-11-01T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T22:48:21","slug":"the-root-of-all-evil-the-gospel-of-greed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/03\/18\/the-root-of-all-evil-the-gospel-of-greed\/","title":{"rendered":"The root of all evil… [The Gospel of Greed]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s enlightened self-interest.<\/p>\n

And then there’s greed.<\/p>\n

If you imagined that there was a self-interest organ (and I think they have<\/span> found a brain chemical that correlates to aquisitiveness) then greed would be like a viral infection of that organ, pumping out more toxins that further inflame the organ, weakening it, and allowing the viral infection to proceed.<\/p>\n

Anyhow… I think the metaphor\/simile section of my brain is inflamed.<\/p>\n

As I explained when I posted the previous version of this song, it was smack dab in the middle of the Greed Is Good Era that this song was written. It should be noted that I’m a businessman, myself, and don’t think there’s anything wrong with making money in fair transactions. I think sensible self-interest is good. It’s what separates the ants from the grasshoppers, I guess.<\/p>\n

That said, there’s nothing I like better than doin’ a little fiddlin’ on a late autumn afternoon.<\/p>\n

Metaphorically speaking.<\/p>\n\n

previous AYoS version<\/a> (Nov. 16)<\/p>\n

Gospel of Greed<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s the Gospel of Greed
\nused to call it the Age of Me
\nbut it isn’t just I
\nHoney, it’s them and thee<\/p>\n

Now it’s natural to want to
\ntake care of yourself
\nbut when you take too much
\nyou steal from someone else<\/p>\n

and if you think they’re gonna take it lying down
\nyou must be some kinda politician or TV-preacher clown
\nriding around in your Mercedes Benz
\ngivin money to hookers and screwing your friends<\/p>\n

(You’re singing)
\nI don’t care if the Eskimos freeze
\nlong as they don’t sneeze on me
\nI don’t care if the starving survive
\nlong as they don’t try to make a feast of a slice of my pie<\/p>\n

(C)1990, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s enlightened self-interest. And then there’s greed. If you imagined that there was a self-interest organ (and I think they have found a brain chemical that correlates to aquisitiveness) then greed would be like a viral infection of that organ, pumping out more toxins that further inflame the organ, weakening it, and allowing the viral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,340],"tags":[617,305,897],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}