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  Courage. And style. And deathcount. 
  Reddit is full of examples scrotes knicking stuff. Are you seriously implying there's zero difference between tracky pants on a kid's bicycle carrying and old lady's purse, and Shaka Zulu?
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  Don’t we literally have a story called Robin Hood, a glorified thief whose been celebrated across multiple cultures and media? >
  
  We also glorify the shit out of pirates. >
  
  Tbf, when you think hard about it... Both of these are stealing from the same military leaders that steal from the people.
  İt's all big circle of theives >
  
  Also there’s the Joker. He steals shit all the time and he has how many movies, games, comics have him as a central character? >
  
  we vilify the shark for killing things but glorify dolphins who also kill things and knowingly do so, sometimes committing nasal rape on baby dolphins' blowholes until they drown >
  
  What’s the difference between a pirate grabbing treasures in a raid and an emperor taxing the conquered? Scale. >
  
  There is an old story concerning Alexander the Great that covers this very topic. He captures a brigand who accuses him of hypocrisy, since he is only doing the same thing but better and with more men. There is a Roman version of the story too, which i think involved Pompey and pirates at the time of the pirate wars. >
  
  Yeah I 100% lifted this. I was too lazy to search for the source 'cause it was late. Good job providing the missing info. >
  
  Denmark and Sweden had a debate over some national treasures a few years back. 
  IIRC Danes had something the Swedes wanted back but it had been "stolen" by conquest back in the day so they where the rightfull owners by some logic. Swedes wanted something the Danes had but they werent sure how they got possession of it. 
  If it had been bought, stolen and/or smuggled to Sweden, then by that same logic the Danes could just ask for it back without any reciprocity. In the end they found some records showing that the Danes stole it by conquest and thus where the rightfull owners. The countries then amicably exchanged treasures. >
  
  We vilify murder but applaud soldiers who do it all the time. 
  (Yes war is an unfortunate part of life, but only because of prideful, stupid, bloodthirsty people) >
  
  Well actually it’s because of competition for finite resources which makes conflict inevitable. But unfortunately that a nuanced answer and people don’t like those. >
  
  Depends who you refer to.
  Most idolize leaders for the wrong reason >
  
  Depends on the military conquest. In some cases things are a relatively even match by similarly armed groups, in others it's a very one-sided stomp. In the former case it's hard to compare to to thievery.