[extropy-chat] Robin Hood (was: Bush wants another $75 billion for wars)

[Nicholas Anthony MacDonald]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

"The concept of the "Robin Hood" is possibly the most corrosive idea in
western history."


Ah, I remember reading that in Atlas Shrugged, and thinking- "wait a second, Ayn.  'Robin Hood' was stealing wealth that belonged to the 'statists' of the time, the feudal lords who held their subjects in a condition of slavery or near-slavery, with few, if any real freedoms and no chance for upward mobility.  The lords did little to deserve their income other than possess horses, armor, and weaponry that the commoners lacked- they were just like the dictators of today.  So, by that reckoning, who is to say that Robin Hood was doing anything wrong at all?  In fact, Robin Hood seems remarkably similiar to the rest of the heroes of your dreary novel..."

-Nicq MacDonald