Throughout history
Otherwise "powerless" masses have used these tactics to balance the scales wrt the "powerful" few. Depending on who writes the history they are either heroes or villains.
You sir are apparently not a student of history. Lets just say another group of Bostonians did something similar concerning taxes and tea. You enjoy the fruits of such "Bonnie and Clyde" activities but certainly don't seem to appreciate at what cost they were delivered to you.