Morall lesson from this movie

As the matter of fact both the story and the characters that adapted on this film is represent on the reality that really happen in the early of 80`s of United States economic`s growth. During that year many American people believe the shortcut to get success in the Stock Exchange`s Business is own the internal information about the company with legal or illegal ways. We already know the internal information is classified and restricted for the public`s consume. The main antagonist character named “Gordon Gekko” it seems inspired by the actual capitalist persons back in the early 80`s like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken. During the acquisition process to rescue of the Scott & Fraser Company named “World Book Encyclopedia”, the management of the Scott & Fraser prefer to hold Bufett that they believe will save their business rather than Ivan Boesky that they assume will ruin their business. Michael Milken in the real life get imprisoned for 10 years beacuse the court found his guilty playing insider trading.

The most controversy tagline in this movie is happens when Gordon Gekko commented to the audience of company stockholder`s meeting about his action to the company. This is the statement he makes that will jeopardize and decay his entire career and put him to the jail :

“I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right.

Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts 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, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation

called the USA. Thank you very much.”

Lesson we get here is happiness can not be measured with money. If you use money as a measure of happiness then you will justify all a variety of ways including cheats, abuse and fool others or even his own partner and his close friend. When making money as a "Small God" then it will make that person love the world, greedy and voracious. One way to get of the ultimate happiness is do people with honestly and make yourself useful with others like your family, relatives and friends. There is no a single justification that is greedy is right in this human society. Put this statement into your heart “The relastionship between you and your kind is represented the relastionship between you and God”. If you ever do a harm thing to your kind, sure the God will do the same to you.

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