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There is no difference between greed and ambition�

Over the course of history and especially in recent times the difference between greed and ambition has been noticeably and significantly blurred. It can even be stated that people fail to notice a difference at all. People tend to put them in the same category often forgetting the original and true meaning of the words.

Greed is often described as a selfish desire for wealth or power or any other possession,
particularly when this desire denies the same goods to others. Greed can be considered an extreme form of ambition or want, and is unconstrained or has no boundaries. Often people who are greedy desire things simply for the sake of owning them. Greed also typically entails gaining material possessions often at other peoples’ expense or welfare, for example, a father or breadwinner of a family spending the money on himself rather than on food for his starving children. A person who is greedy is never satisfied, and......

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