supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoPirates are just hyperindividualized, privatized navies engaged in a competitive market with one another so how can they be worse than navies according to the logic of capitalism?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down125
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squarePirates are just hyperindividualized, privatized navies engaged in a competitive market with one another so how can they be worse than navies according to the logic of capitalism?supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoThe age of piracy existed before anyone had uttered the word “capitalism”. It was an age of mercantilism and agrarianism, not capitalism.
The age of piracy existed before anyone had uttered the word “capitalism”. It was an age of mercantilism and agrarianism, not capitalism.