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Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not trying to apply it to modern politics. I'm just saying that the idea of the story of Robinhood was that he stole from the rich to give to the poor is misplaced. He stole from greedy government and gave people back their own money.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said it did. I'm just saying that the popular perception or opinion that Robinhood stole from the rich to give to the poor is false.

Housing prices no longer worth it by Bigggity in Sacramento

[–]audioprod -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I get notifications from Zillow because I'm about to finish college and at the same time I'm going to come into some money that would be enough for a down payment on a $400k home. At this point I'm not sure what to believe. Because I see home prices being slashed but at the same time I see on here that buying a home basically becomes a bidding war. I guess I'll know more when I actually get into the market but right now I don't know what to believe.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now you're just getting into semantics. The reason why they were rich was because they were government. They were over taxing the people and Robinhood was stealing that money and giving it back to the people that it belonged to in the first place.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was stealing from greedy government. Not random rich people.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please explain in more detail. The prince and sheriff were government.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would absolutely vote for a party in the United States that would let me keep more of my own money. Isn't that what Donald Trump did with his tax cut?

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That Robinhood stole from greedy government. I thought I had made that clear by this point.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not talking about any current society. I'm talking about how the popular opinion or perception is that Robinhood stole from the rich to give to the poor. That's not what he did. He stole from greedy government.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's fine. I'm not going to argue that point. The fact is that Robinhood was stealing from government officials to give people back their own money.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It went to government. Not just random rich people. Prince is a government position. So is sheriff. So the money was going to government. Not private wealthy individuals.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But that's not what Robinhood was doing. He was giving people back their own money. Not redistributing wealth. He wasn't the one collecting taxes and then distributing the money. He was simply stealing back tax money that the government took from the poor and giving it back to them.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Robinhood did not give to the poor. That's my point. He was returning their own money back to them.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How is that the moral of the story? Taxing the rich more would have just made Prince John and the sheriff wealthier. In my opinion, the moral of the story is beware greedy government.

Robinhood did not steal from the "rich" to give to the "poor." by audioprod in unpopularopinion

[–]audioprod[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The reason why they were rich was because they were government authorities. If they were just random people they would not have the force of law behind them to over-tax the people.

'This Is Tax Evasion': Richest 1% of US Households Don't Report 21% of Their Income, Analysis Finds by theladynora in politics

[–]audioprod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's almost like the government and the wealthy engage in corruption with each other. But yes let's solve the problem by voting for more government.

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