Was watching a movie about John Dillinger and, like many criminals of the '30s, he was

[flamin lib]

idealized by the general public. I've wondered for years why that was, now I know.

They robbed banks.

The banks that robbed everybody else and brought on the Great Depression then and the Great Recession now.

It makes perfect sense.

[cthulu2016]

1. Bonnie and Clyde sometimes destroyed loan records

People loved that -- some farm mortgages disapperaed.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Americans LOVED the Banks getting a little PayBack

[RZM]

4. You see that in a lot of cultures

Many cultures have long histories of idealizing the dashing bad boy bandit, etc.

[Voice for Peace]

3. That's what America needs .. some good old fashioned big bank robbers on the run.

[tridim]

5. Same deal with Capone and the other bootleggers

Historically Americans tend to despise bad law.

We had forgotten that for at least 30 years since 1980. Thankfully it is making a comeback.

[monmouth]

6. Johnny Depp was awesome in that film. It's being shown quite a bit this month, I think USA..n/t

[SlipperySlope]

7. If history repeats itself

Then where is our Dillinger today?

[Blue_Tires]

8. I like to think it's Wikileaks

Information can have more power than bullets (sometimes)