“Greed…is good, greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts right through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed in all of its forms greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed…will save the U.S.A.” This is a line that will never die. Watching Wall Street, you get the impression that greed may be good, but in fact, it is deadly if you're not careful. Michael Douglass, who plays Gekko, proves that greed is like a game that can never be won because there’s no finish line.
Once Gekko became the richest man in America, he had no limits to his greed or willingness to bend ethical principles and the law to advance his goal of accumulating more money. Gekko redef
This movie shows the reality of business dealings and how greed only works in selfish ways. This movie exposes the ugly side of greed; the evil, the corrupt and the egotism in everybody. It may satisfy your needs of that moment, but in the long run it will not. You cannot only live for the moment, but for the future as well. Like Bud, he became so trapped in his own world of money, the only thing he craved was more money. Its as if it’s a disease, and it can ruin relationships, careers, and one’s own self.
Money is just one form of greed. For example, there is the greed for knowledge where there academic success is their main priority. There are no boundaries in reaching this goal and sometimes it can be through dishonest means. A boy named Richard Flowers
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