IMNSHO, one requires violence to steal, no matter what the means of theft.
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"... the uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to
better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as
well as private opulence is derived,' has been `powerful enough to
maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite
both of the extravagance of governments and of the greatest errors of
administration." --Adam Smith, and his invisible hand.