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Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the [morally validated].



There's a huuuuge difference from being poor serfs in the feudal lord's fiefdom than someone that can't say no to a sale but can't actually afford it and buys on credit.


Or you can just do charity without deciding you also must be a moral arbiter.


Or you can't do charity that just enables poor behavior and traps people in it.


Not the parent commenter but to chime in: I don't want to be a moral judge but I'd rather give money to someone actually poor than to someone richer than me that just lives beyond their means.




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