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Well, greed usually refers to a selfish desire for things that other people also want...

But since nobody else wants oil because of that whole killing people thing, clearly it's not greed.




And now we learn no one wants oil. This is totally consistent with history and current market conditions!!1!


So what you're saying is that Exxon isn't greedy at all, only dutifully suppling oil to those who are actually greedy – those who are willing to kill just for a taste.

Got it. I figured that's what was actually happening. It was strange that the original comment thought that Exxon was greedily drilling oil and sticking it in tanks to sit forevermore.


No, actually I was misunderstanding your sarcasm. Sorry about that.




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