Actually, I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I could go you a step further--that virtue and greed are totally uncorrellated with political philosophy.

But that doesn't stop too many people, from the entire political spectrum, of living in their own little world of predatory acquisition (power, money, fame, career) and thinking of all others as either a means to that end, or an obstacle to it.

Every human being is entitled to maximize his security and well- being, that is natural and wholesome. It is when that natural desire becomes a commodity in itself, a means of individual self-actualization and personal aggrandizement that justifies the destruction of others, that it becomes destructive and malignant.

To put it another way, everyone justly admires the warrior who can defend himself, his family, and his community from harm and violence. But no one should tolerate a bully.