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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoThe idea of “destroy the banks and free everyone” is in so many movies and shows. Sneakers, Mr. Robot, Fight Club. Hell, even Tuvok had a gang of teenage hackers “ethically distribute” money in SeaQuest. I’m destroying war, corruption. I’m ripping the heart out of greed! [as they both battle to hack into and out of the world bank] It does have some historical precedent. In the ancient Near East it was common for all debts to be destroyed every decade or so.
The idea of “destroy the banks and free everyone” is in so many movies and shows. Sneakers, Mr. Robot, Fight Club. Hell, even Tuvok had a gang of teenage hackers “ethically distribute” money in SeaQuest.
It does have some historical precedent. In the ancient Near East it was common for all debts to be destroyed every decade or so.