Suffering due to greed from "summary" of Candide by Voltaire
In this story, we see how a person's insatiable greed can lead to pain and suffering. We follow a protagonist who, despite his best intentions, finds himself in difficult situations as a result of his actions. Throughout the story, he struggles to make sense of a world filled with injustices.- Greed has caused great suffering all throughout history; it causes people to become fixated on amassing material objects and wealth, while ignoring the importance of things like family, love, and the presence of friends.
- A natural consequence of avarice is that those who have already became wealthy will tend to hoard and defend what they have, creating an extreme imbalance of power and resources globally.
- The consequences of unregulated consumerism range from environmental destruction, to animal cruelty, to human trafficking. All these effects can be traced back to unchecked greed and further contribute to levels of suffering across the globe.
