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Re:Einstein and the Great Fed Robbery by gohrt on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:31PM (#6419964)
A friend who visited China last year told me that in popular culture (bestselling books, moveis), "conniving/cheating/hacking and winning" is celebrated plot line.
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Re:Einstein and the Great Fed Robbery by anigbrowl on Friday September 20, 2013 @05:35PM (#6420650)
That's hardly limited to China. 'Heist movies' are a popular genre in the west, for example - see the success of the 'Ocean's 11/13/etc.' films just for starters.
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Re:Einstein and the Great Fed Robbery by saraid216 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @12:46AM (#6422024)
Two words:

Trickster hero.

They're present in every mythology the world over.

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Re:Einstein and the Great Fed Robbery by droidist2 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @02:48AM (#6422193)
Very true. David Mamet has written some of the best "conniving/cheating" films, for example The Spanish Prisoner and House of Games.
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Re:Einstein and the Great Fed Robbery by smsm42 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @05:23PM (#6424620)
House of Games (spoiler alert) isn't your standard trickster story with "cheating and winning". At least not for everybody involved :)
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Re:Einstein and the Great Fed Robbery by prbuckley on Friday September 20, 2013 @11:57PM (#6421938)
Not to mention shows like American Greed!
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