Those societies might have been killed off by the greedy societies. If you take Milton Friedman's comments in your video about Russia and China, that seems like a possibility.

I'm not saying all greed is bad, but that greed can lead to bad things.

I want things, and that makes me greedy, but I'm not going to steal, cheat, kill, or do other bad things to satiate my greed - for some people, their greed is more powerful than their morality.

For many people though, their greed about wanting to look better in the eyes of others, or other egotistical things, often leads to strife. So that kind or level of greed is not good either.

Innovation can come from other places besides greed, and I am not arguing against the free market or capitalism where your reply with the video seems to maybe indicate that I am.