Greed is part of us. Having stuff is a necessity to survival and reproduction. And this is true not only for humans. The way we deal with the greed distinguishes us from other living creatures. Especially in the western civilization where the only perspective we get is the Liberalism and it's last development: the neo-liberalism.
I would like to join a conversation on the topic and maybe I will be able to contribute from the perspective of my experience: I grew up in a traditional, country side, community on the highlands of Ardeal, aka Transylvania. I was 23 when the system changed from socialism to free wild markets and for the last 13 years I was enjoying the mild Canadian mix of neo-liberalism and French-Canadian kind of social-democracy...