Well, insofar as personal greed stands in opposition to Marxism, I think we have a fair program going. Trump won, didn’t he?
I don’t mean this to mock him, honestly. Greed is just a nasty name for personal self-interest.
Greed is NOT an equivalent and absolute attribute of success.
Greed is a sin as common with leftists (e.g., Clintons) as with success in business and rooted in selfishness and ego. It is part of the fallen human condition.
Success in business has, I would say, far more in common with the trait of self-sacrifice, kindness and generosity to those less well-off than greed.
Self-interest and selfishness are not the same thing. Selfishness is always wrong, and I’d say it abounds more amongst liberals and Marxists than free-enterprise folk.
Self-interest and generosity/kindness towards those less well-off are often found together, and are surely not mutually exclusive.
Is Trump greedy? Motivated by greed? I dare say we cannot judge. He clearly is kind and generous to many, especially his hard-working employees, who almost universally commend him.
I see a man rather driven by two things: success in whatever he does, and seeing things done well and done right - and done quickly. Can he be arrogant, and narcissitic? Clearly he can.
In contract, Obama is inherently a narcissist and arrogant - they are core elements of hi nature.
I don’t believe that to be true of Trump.
PS: I started and owned several successful businesses - and often paid my employees more than I paid myself.....and often paid my employees when I paid myself nothing. It was the right thing to do - and almost always ended up benefitting the companies.