Greed and greed. Greed and prudence. Eliminate greed and be cautious.

Martine 2022-03-25 09:01:23

There are two different concepts about greed. One is idealism and moralism, which means that greed overwhelms reason and reveals greed, which leads to failure. One is that greed already exists, but greed disintegrates reason, making it impossible to realize and being deceived.
The latter's so-called "greed" is not to accuse greed, but to acknowledge the self-interested existence of greed, and to talk more about prudence, control, planning, and realization. It is not whether there is such a moral habit or idealism that greed is generated, and it is believed that if you overcome greed, you can overcome everything.

In other words, while greed-baiting tricks can't deceive honest people, those tricks other than greed are effective for so-called "integrity people." Such as family affection, technology and other layouts that will be deceived regardless of whether they are greedy or not.

Not cheating honest people and honest people can't be cheated are completely different concepts. Not choosing to deceive upright people is a morality, and it means being deceived whether upright or not. Not being deceived means conquering greed and conquering everything.

Greed is not a clear concept. For the poor and loyal, a scam is (what he believes) a risk-free and secure profit-making. On the contrary, it is a sly businessman who is full of doubts in the face of scams and cannot always take the bait. Are the short-sighted and profit-seeking people here just greedy and contemptible? And is the person who escapes "upright"?
This is not the case. The deceived can be honest people who are upright and greedy for money (different from the magnitude of greed), and those who are not deceived can be greedy and prudent businessmen.

Being honest and overcoming greed is a foolish way to avoid being deceived. And confuse greed with greed (hatred of wealth and business), and beautify stupidity and dullness with propaganda of self-cultivation and moral purity. Keeping greed and prudence is the heart of the world.

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So. The so-called righteous people only have some passive immunity in the face of scams, but are not immune to all scams, such as impersonating a bank, using family affection and many other methods.
And the prudent greedy person can remain greedy and not deceived at the same time.

It is said in the play that not deceiving greedy people, strictly speaking, whoever is deceived is greedy. Unless "do not deceive poor people" is added, which is no longer a question of greed or not.
The intersection of greed and pity makes the division based on greed impersonal and too spiritual. Divided by whether it is pitiful, it shows the color of power. With greed as the boundary shows the confrontation with the merchants and their hostility. Further, whether to behave pitifully and whether to show off wealth will become de facto moral standards.

Besides, people who say that they are upright are not deceived. Yet another moral advocacy. The same lack of logical persuasion as saying that "the masses have sharp eyes" is not exclusive, only propaganda.

In this way, the so-called non-deceiving honest people and honest people in the play will not be deceived, and they will not have any universal promotion value. The psychological logic of these two sentences is:
instead of deceiving the poor, sincere, kind and weak people, deceive the hostile and powerful people. And, "I" ensure that the righteous will not be deceived by me, and that they will not be deceived by my tricks.


PS, the people in the play did not strictly implement the so-called question of integrity and kindness. They were stealing in the early stage of fundraising.
The reason why it is pleasing to the eye is not a moral, nor a philosophy, just because the camera does not show the pain and weakness of those who are strong or weak and greedy. The camera only shows the plot accompanied by the deception contest, and the harmonious teamwork.

What the lens shows is what we see, so that the deception or idea is perfect, sophisticated, omnipotent, humanized, and harmonious within the lens.

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Hustle quotes

  • Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: Albert, what the hell were you doing in a church today?

    Albert Stroller: Gil Stewart died this afternoon. I was there at the end.

    Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: Oh God, I'm so sorry Albert. You two were like brothers.

    Albert Stroller: We worked Vegas together. That man was made for bright lights. Poor bastard - died of a stroke in a dental surgery.

    Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: Well, someone should sue them.

    Albert Stroller: Aye, he was pretending to be the dentist.

  • Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: [repeated line, by various characters] You can't con an honest man.

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