Humans Selfish Nature

Human nature can be defined as the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things. Human nature tends to stay true and honest, but when a situation gets bad they can resort to cheating or not being honest for their own selfishness. A great example of this is was Bernie Madoff who was a financier and a chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange. He was convicted of the largest investment fraud on Wall Street. In the 1980’s when his stock exchange wasn’t doing well he decided to take some money from unknowing investors for personal profit. This is where it all began. Since he decided to take money he was stuck in a trap, and he had to keep taking money so that the investors in his firm never knew he took the money in the first place. He kept taking money until 2008 when he was caught and convicted. As the years went on he had to keep taking more and more due to his decision for personal profit in the 1980’s. When he was caught, it was estimated that he had stolen more than 65 billon dollars. Human nature can be cause humans to stay prosperous even if it takes cheating, to keep from failing or going under. Humans look back and regret it, but at the time they think it is the best thing to do. Bernie is the ultimate example of human’s nature to compensate for losses by being dishonest and cheating someone to put yourself in a better situation. It’s unfortunate that humans act this way but sometimes its in some humans nature to be selfish.