Polymarket’s Hot New Bet: Hantavirus

Users have wagered nearly $3 million on the odds of a hantavirus pandemic.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/polymarket-prediction-market-hantavirus-pandemic-epidemic-betting/
#Polymarket #Ethics #Gambling #Pleonexia #Greed

I may have discovered a word that is apparently missing from the English language.

Pleonexia is the condition of being greedy, based on an ancient Greek word. (Apparently greed is not new.)

Pleonectic is the adjective.

But what about the one exhibiting this characteristic? What do we can him, her, or it?

Pleonect seems like the obvious choice, but even Google has no prior awareness of the word. The Lumo chatbot thought it was a reasonable form, but had no evidence of its use.

Used in a sentence: Pleonects are enemies of humanity

Everyone already knows that greed is the main problem with human beings. But somehow they don't seem to register that the richest among us are, basically by definition, the worst cases.

Oligarchs, plutocrats, broligarchs, all of them, the pleonects, they should be ashamed of themselves.

There is no other way to say it. They take more than their fair share, and it is not taken from nothing.

Real zero-sum "games" do exist, in case anyone may be thinking that it is possible for the poorest to live, while the rich are partying. That the wealthy fly around in jets DOES make it more expensive for others to simply get to work.

No, those who take more than their share, take it from somewhere, from someone, and it is not right. There is a reason that we dislike pleonexia when we see it. It is odious.

It is shameful. We must point that out. Announce it to the world. Shine our lights on it.

That pleonects exist at all, tells us about our base nature, not about our humanity.

That they would rise in a society, is an index on the justice of the society.

That they inhabit the realms of social and political power, should set off all of the alarms.
#sociology #politics #politicalscience #pleonexia #vampires

Richard Murphy’s word of the year 2025: Pleonexia - The desire to have more than one’s fair share.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_5MAVyR1JY

#pleonexia #2025 #greed #economics

' #Pleonexia is what I wish the world would be rid of in 2026. But that will not happen by accident. #PoliticalEconomy does however begin by naming the problem. Once named it can be challenged. This avarice, this greed, this excess, this desire to rule, this desire to dominate, this desire to have what belongs to others, all of it needs to be named and challenged time after time in 2026. I have to live in hope. I live in the hope that pleonexia might be cured in 2026. '

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_5MAVyR1JY

Aristotle: "The greatest crimes are committed not from necessity, but from excess."

Tesla shareholders just approved a $1 trillion package for someone worth $473 billion.

This isn't about Musk. It's about pleonexia—unlimited desire—and what happens when "enough" ceases to exist.

New essay: https://terraphilosophica.substack.com/p/the-1-trillion-pay-package-when-enough

#BusinessEthics #Aristotle #Philosophy #CorporateGovernance #Pleonexia

Menschliche Metaphysik - Demokratie, Platonismus und der menschliche Beruhigungsbedarf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1SYnUv3bY

#Anthropologie #Ideengeschichte #Philosophiegeschichte #Anomie #Nomos #Kosmos #Welt #Chaos #Tyche #Platon #Religion #Politik #Institutionen #Europa #Geistegeschichte #Tradition #Bedürfnisse #Bedürfnisorientierung #Pleonexie #Pleonexia

@rticks we should #taxtherich until all caring professions are funded at a wage high enough to create savings and pay all living expenses: childcare, elder care, teaching, cleaning, sanitation, nursing , food prep, water & sewer, environmental care, IT security and maintenance… it’s a long list of underfunded jobs that keep us safe and happy.

And for the mental health of obese capitalists because #Pleonexia is a mental disorder that cripples its victims & destroys civilizations.

Illich defined conviviality as “autonomous and creative intercourse among persons, and the intercourse of persons with their environment.” He contrasted this to “the conditioned response of persons to the demands made upon them by others” from above and afar in the name of advancing progress.

A Forgotten Prophet Whose Time Has Come
#pleonexia #conviviality #productivity #education #VirtueOfEnoughness #credentialism #IvanIllich #Noema

https://www.noemamag.com/a-forgotten-prophet-whose-time-has-come