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ARfreedom 2 points ago +2 / -0

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Robinhood steal from the gov't and gave it back to the people because they were being taxed too much.

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BiteTheWaxTadpole 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes ^

He took BACK from the tax collector.

There was also a vague “well armed populace” angle in those Robin Hood stories somewhere ... if I remember correctly, at the time of those stories, the royalty/establishment was concerned about the general population having access to Welsh Longbows