I also think fear is worse.

Greed is probably always bad as it carries implications of having enough but wanting more than your fair share.

While fear can be beneficial (e.g. fear of losing rights as motivation to action), I think it is easier to cause fear in people than cause greed, and to stir that fear to greater intensity, causing people to act in more extreme ways.

Generally speaking, fear of losing something we have is greater than greed for gaining something we don't have.

For those who are greedy the word (enough) is meaningless. The greedy live in a perpetual future that never arrives. They are like the proverbial donkey chasing a carrot dangling in front of them.

In the case of rulers of a state, fear is the main tool of dictators. However, the actions of dictators lead to their own enslavement. I doubt that they are ever free of the fear of being held to account for the crimes they committed against their citizens.

are you all enjoying this nit picking and vacuous fiddling? meanwhile global warming "Rome' is burning, the C O2 numbers show the fire continues to worsen, and the supreme court just yesterday poured sugar in the gas tank of our biggest actually working fire engine. presumably your correct anti religion posture would suggest a general intelligence among you and perhaps the ability to verbally lead. ....................... but judging by how you use your time here, it doesn't seem to me that any of you could lead or think your way out of a wet paper bag.

Both served valuable roles in the evolution of humans:

Fear: Keep an eye on those leopards, lions, and hyenas.
Greed: The desire to provide for oneself and one’s offspring.

Neither is any better or worse than the human sex drive.

. . . false dichotomy.

Gotta go with greed. It is through greed or because of greed the greedy use fear to control those they are actually a parasite to. Now some greed may start as fear but the greedy must control those they feed off or exploit. IMHO

This is the age of greed, it's almost accepted as the social norm. Fear is a cautionary tool.

Personally, I think that greed is worse. I suspect that everything which we might label as evil is actually greed in disguise. People taking what they want without thought or consideration for others in any way. I want this country.. I want to satisfy myself, my desires, my needs, at your expense ... etc. etc.

It does seem like fear could more easily get large numbers of otherwise good people to do awful things. Seems like the things people do out of fear could also be worse. Or at least it might be easier to get someone to do something worse out of fear rather than greed.

There is definitely room to argue how many might "fall" for what or how bad of an action could be achieved. For a devil's advocate POV greed can be justified by things like "just business" or "got to get paid". Maybe NIMBY stuff could be related to greed in some way.