supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days 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-square44fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down126
arrow-up1110arrow-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 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days 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.