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C Moon

(12,213 posts) Mon Dec 25, 2017, 04:46 AM Dec 2017

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I've always admired Charles Dickens' ability to shed light on the greed and callousness of people. [View all]

Tonight, as I watched A Christmas Carol, it made me realize how humans have been able to make so much progress in areas like science, medicine, etc; but the one area that has not progressed over thousands of years (even with religions and artists preaching about it), is selfishness, greed and gluttony.

We need to create special schools for these rich, gluttonous fuckers, so they can be taught humility.
Gluttony is an ugly word that fits them so well.

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I've always admired Charles Dickens' ability to shed light on the greed and callousness of people. [View all] C Moon Dec 2017 OP

I've been part of the Dickens Faire in SF and learned about Victorian England tirebiter Dec 2017 #1

They still had a very strong class system. murielm99 Dec 2017 #2

I think "Uncle" Ralph Nickelby is far more greedy and evil than Scrooge. no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #3

Wackford Squeers Achilleaze Dec 2017 #7

You're singing my song cyclonefence Dec 2017 #4

That is true, unfortunately. logosoco Dec 2017 #5

Updated for 2017- Snarkoleptic Dec 2017 #6

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