Elven addiction to magic

Being a leprechaun is a huge problem from the perspective of stereotypes people of different galaxies make about us. They always think leprechauns should share greedy love for gold. But at what point we can say that someone is really “greed” in the meaning of being over-focused on getting something in huge amounts? Should we judge someone by how much they got or by their intentions to get this?

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Probably, I may propose a fresh view of the greed understanding with the analysis of one Azeroth race, the elves.
Many mine colleagues that help heroes of Azeroth in fighting the evil creatures told me about the elven thirst for magic. Aside from many races in this world, elves are sophisticated and arrogant. For centuries they perceived themselves as “the better race”, and even now they sometimes act like they guide other races in their way.
Such high self-esteem is quite understandable if we remember about elven dependence on magic. Addicted dependence. Quel’dorei, the Highborne elves, even raised themselves in the political and social hierarchy to show that they handle magic better than other elves. Magic became the core element of society, and the addiction was rising with extreme speed.
Yes, magic for elves is a drug. And we judge it correspondingly, but in many societies, everything you can be addicted to is instantly perceived as a drug. Without proper analysis or understanding. It is a very easy-going metaphor, the label that can indicate your negative relation to literally any addiction.

Well of eternity was the source of magic for the Highborn
But I suppose that the concept of addiction itself may be reconsidered through the example with elves and magic. Elves put magic in the core of their community just like many other peoples put technology in the same place. Elves had physical harm without magic, just like many other peoples have physical harm without proper common food. Removing magic, just like removing technology or certain important type of food will cause the necessity to change, to adapt. To spend resources on the new lifestyle.
Changes are not a bad thing, but they should be wise and positive (ideally). Addiction to magic had the negative side for sure, but how can we exactly estimate its impact on society? Are we sure that this negative effect is larger than positive? When some queen connected to the terrific creatures in search of powerful magic, can we say that the magic addiction is a true problem, and not the pure arrogance of this queen?

Addiction to magic helped Illidan in fights with demons
Probably, my point is that the worse answer we can give to all of this is that any addiction is truly a bad thing, just like drug addiction. And we will forget about, for example, addiction to love. What is love without this “addiction effect”? Yeah, it does not mean that the effect is positive only for sure, but my words just refer to the feeling of need in something.
Having some need in gold, magic, love or technology should not be judged just by the fact of the need itself. Behind it, we may find complex processes and reasons that may change your whole opinion on a certain need. Maybe, it’s better to talk to each other instead of making labe

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