Are westerners selfish and greedy?

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#1 darkmistx
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What do you think?

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Give me all your base.
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#3 aliblabla2007
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I dunno. Do westerners sell more fish than eastern people?

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#4 Dark-Sithious
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As in movies?

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#5 quadraleap
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West of me would be Vermont and I dont think they are that bad.

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#6 Guybrush_3
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It's human nature to be selfish. It's a self preservation thing.

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#7 FamiBox
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Have you got some kind of "westerner" hate TC?

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#8 xTheExploited
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Of course they are. Those horse-riding jerks stole all the land from the Native Americans!
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#9 KG86
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Yeah Western Australians are pretty greedy, stockpiling all that uranium and such.

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#10 MagnumPI
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Of course they are. Those horse-riding jerks stole all the land from the Native Americans!xTheExploited
According to hollywood.:)

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#11 Deihjan
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I'm a "westerner" and I don't see myself as selfish or greedy, but maybe I'm wrong..
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#12 xXBuffJeffXx
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It's the natural disposition of any human to want more. Faced with the right circumstances, this human proclivity just becomes more salient, and viable.

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#13 swiftkillz0
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in short yes. inorder for the rich countries to remain rich poor countries must remIN POOR. no westerner is gonna pick fruit
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#14 synyster-666
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I dunno. Do westerners sell more fish than eastern people?

aliblabla2007

:lol:

I don't know. I wouldn't call them selfish. There are people who contribute a lot of their time to helping others though.

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Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

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#16 swiftkillz0
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Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

Wasdie
but western nations are greedy. for us to sustain our way of life we need to meddle in poor countries. throughout history we have controlled them through military now its through economics. There whole economy is built our serving us. (cash cropsetc)
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#17 sheepdk
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I believe you are thinking of Americans?

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#18 PlaWeird
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I'm a "westerner" and I don't see myself as selfish or greedy, but maybe I'm wrong..Deihjan
You just don't want to face the truth, my friend.
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#19 shoeman12
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what's your reasoning for making this topic? explain your position.
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#20 battlefront23
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They are just as greedy as any other group of people.

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#21 -Makaveli-
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Yes, every single one of us.

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#22 FirstDiscovery
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Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

Wasdie
And thats the sort of generalisation that makes people think badly of Westerners...
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#23 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

FirstDiscovery
And thats the sort of generalisation that makes people think badly of Westerners...

What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them?
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#24 swiftkillz0
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

And thats the sort of generalisation that makes people think badly of Westerners...

What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them?

you bother people when you invade them and blow there world up
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#25 -Misanthropic-
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http://earthhopenetwork.net/bush%20art/bush_all_your_base_are_belong_to_us.jpg

How dare you call the west greedy.

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#26 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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you bother people when you invade them and blow there world upswiftkillz0
I've never blown anyone up :o
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#27 iam2green
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i don't think we are that bad.
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#28 FirstDiscovery
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[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

Jandurin
And thats the sort of generalisation that makes people think badly of Westerners...

What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them?

'The East' So how do people in 'The East' live.
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#29 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]And thats the sort of generalisation that makes people think badly of Westerners...FirstDiscovery
What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them?

'The East' So how do people in 'The East' live.

Oh, the east. Yeah, I dunno what the west or the east means, really. I skipped that sentence when reading his post.
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#30 LJS9502_basic
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Nope. If other cultures have a problem I'd guess that problem is theirs.

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#31 -Misanthropic-
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What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them? you bother people when you invade them and blow there world upswiftkillz0

Okay :?

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#32 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why yes I am. I believe in self betterment through hard work. According to the east, thats being selfish and greedy becuase I don't give my life to others. Even though usually I'm a good person, I pay taxes, I don't harm people in any way, and I never discourage another persons success.

FirstDiscovery

And thats the sort of generalisation that makes people think badly of Westerners...

Because he believes everyone should strive to do better? :|

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#33 -eddy-
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Yes. I wish I had the spiritual mindset of the East.
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#34 Shiggums
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Yes. However, the same is true of the rest of the world, not just the West.

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#35 swiftkillz0
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[QUOTE="swiftkillz0"]What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them? you bother people when you invade them and blow there world up-Misanthropic-

Okay :?

i didnt say that. you misquote my part starts at "you bother people.."
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#36 -Misanthropic-
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[QUOTE="-Misanthropic-"]

[QUOTE="swiftkillz0"]What, that he lives in his own world and doesn't want anyone to bother him like he doesn't bother them? you bother people when you invade them and blow there world upswiftkillz0

Okay :?

i didnt say that. you misquote my part starts at "you bother people.."

I noticed my misquote... but your actual quote is kinda still baffling.
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#37 Jacobistheman
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All humans are selfish and greedy, it is instinct in order to survive. Come to think of it, there isn't any animal I can think of that isn't selfish and greedy.

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#38 -Murdock-
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[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]Of course they are. Those horse-riding jerks stole all the land from the Native Americans!MagnumPI

According to hollywood.:)

According to history yes. By the way, they're now called Original Americans, not native anymore.
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#39 deactivated-5901ac91d8e33
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Humans are inherently selfish and greedy, we're just better at it than other people.
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#40 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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[QUOTE="MagnumPI"]

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]Of course they are. Those horse-riding jerks stole all the land from the Native Americans!-Murdock-

According to hollywood.:)

According to history yes. By the way, they're now called Original Americans, not native anymore.

Link?
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#41 modestkraut1291
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yes. but as much as any other country.

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#42 helium_flash
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Yes, not that I feel there is a problem with it.

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#43 helium_flash
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Yes, every single one of us.

-Makaveli-

And then some :x

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#44 Lonelynight
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Don't know, but I think they are generally more aggressive.
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#45 comp_atkins
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some are, some are not
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#46 deactivated-59d151f079814
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.. Based on the west's foriegn policies for 200 years, I'd say so.. The unstable state of the Middle East is a direct result of intervention from the west..
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#47 Deihjan
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[QUOTE="Deihjan"]I'm a "westerner" and I don't see myself as selfish or greedy, but maybe I'm wrong..PlaWeird
You just don't want to face the truth, my friend.

You might be on to something, Watson! *monocle*
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#48 -Murdock-
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[QUOTE="-Murdock-"][QUOTE="MagnumPI"] According to hollywood.:)

Jandurin

According to history yes. By the way, they're now called Original Americans, not native anymore.

Link?

Sorry, 404'ed on the link to your highschool history book.

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#49 samuraiguns
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Give me all your base.Jandurin
That is how westerners roll.
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#50 Severed_Hand
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yes, of course i am. as with everyone else.