AI Google lists Greed # 2 in the list of the Seven Deadly Sins. Pride is number one. The AI-generated list as follows:
Pride: Excessive belief in one's own importance.
Greed (Avarice): Inordinate desire for material wealth/gain.
Lust: Intense longing, often sexual.
Envy: Desire for others' traits, status, or possessions.
Gluttony: Overindulgence and overconsumption (food/drink).
Wrath: Uncontrolled anger, rage, or hatred.
Sloth: Laziness, spiritual apathy, or despair.
Today the Guardian's lead story pertained to a Jeff Merkley, a USA senior Democratic senator from Oregon calling for an investigation into potential insider trading by fossil-fuel billionaires close to the Trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about an unusual share buying spree. Both men bought $12 million of Venture Global, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company headquartered in Virginia, bought more than a million shares worth almost $12m each, just days after meeting with senior Trump officials in March.
Michael Sabel #91 with $14 billion on Forbes' 2025 Forbes 400 list along with Robert Pender, net wealth $12 million, are members of the wealth cabal ruling the economics of every facet of this world. A billionaire with a millionaire. Sabel's purchase was a hundredth of his fortune, while Pender pushed all his chips into the pot, since approval by the president seemed a lock. Not true. Venture Global's shares sank from $12 in March to its present $6. A loss of $6 million for both investors in their own company. A failure to recognize how pride ie we are the smartest people in the room, was trumped by greed. Even worse they have been spotlighted by an angry Democratic senator also aware of the $1 billion contributions from the fossil fuel industry dedicated to ending all life on this planet.
Not to worry.
We have been extincted before, but not as many times as the horseshoe crab.
They will live through anything and their only wealth are the eggs spawned each summer. They gift to eternity.
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