Who has not heard of the economic crisis? And what caused it? The bottom line is greed. Greed and selfishness have torn our economy apart. It will also tear our society apart.
In order for a society to be healthy, there needs to be a degree of selflessness. People are united when they are looking out for each other. When people reach a certain degree of selfishness, society loses its cohesiveness.
Ayn Rand said altruism was foolishness, but she was wrong. When it's "every man for himself", when we no longer care for others more than we care for ourselves, when all we strive for is what we can get, we are in big trouble and it looks to me like that is where we are headed. The problems we are currently having with our economy are only the tip of the iceberg. Unless the rampant greed in our society is reined in, our country will be fractured beyond repair.
