Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control.
Before the Second World War, I believed in the perfectibility of social
man; that a correct structure of society produced goodwill; and that,
therefore, you could remove all social ills by a reorganization of
society. It is possible that I believe something of the same again;
but after the war, I did not because I was unable to.
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure
fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move
anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
