Is Lack of Money the Root of All Evil?
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
~~ George Bernard Shaw ~~ (1856-1950)
I don’t agree with this quote. It’s not just the people who lack money that engage in unlawful, stupid or evil activities; many rich people indulge themselves in unlawful, stupid or evil activities and some of them end up in jail.
Obviously, for the rich, it’s not the lack of money rather it’s their insatiable greed that leads them to engage in such activities. While a certain amount of greed may be necessary and even desirable for progress, unbridled greed is definitely a curse.
Also, there are people who neither lack money nor are rich but still engage in evil activities. Examples of such people would be rapists, pedophiles, mass-murderers etc., many of whom have been known to belong to the middle class. Why do these middle class people indulge in such evil activities? No body has a definitive answer.
So the causes of evil are complex and not simple like just the lack of money; people from all segments of society have been known to indulge in evil activities.
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John Jackson:
Money is not the root of all evil. People are!!!