Humans are greedy because it is in the very nature of human beings to be greedy which are fueled by two fundamentals drives which are called Eros (pleasure) and Thanatos (Death[the will to live/stay alive]).
But once newborns learn that other people has the similar nature, we tend to be less greedy as it'll result in us being hurt or being alienated by them. Later on comes the moral and ethical values that we learn that will obstruct us from being greedy.
But because of that, Humans will tend to think of better ways to overcome those two barriers and thus making us able to do what we want without breaking the two barriers which are the Ego and Super-ego
Following Sigmund Freud's theory on the Id, Ego and Super-ego, the human subconsciousness is actually driven by a personality of one which is called the Id, in which the impulses of humans which is not chained by the Ego(The understanding of other people's impulses) and the Super-ego(Moral and Ethical implications).
That's my opinion and understanding on why humans are greedy.
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