Caribbean Pirates had a Better System of Government

[BADecker]

While this wouldn't work for nations the size of the major nations of the world, it might work better than having counties in the several States.


Caribbean Pirates had a Better System of Government

Pirates had to work together to successfully plunder and rob.

The average old-timey Caribbean-type pirate ship during the 17th and 18th centuries consisted of 80 pirates, and some pirate crews reached into the hundreds.

But pirates were not known for being the most orderly people.

How did ruffians who thought nothing of murder work together to relieve massive armed merchant vessels of their goods? And how could one pirate be sure his hard work wouldn't simply be stolen by a rival, or expropriated by the Captain?

Caribbean piracy was effective and profitable, in short, because they formed an effective legal system. Pirate ships were like tiny floating governments.

And while pirates were clearly horrible to outsiders, internally, they actually had a fair and efficient system of governance.

Each ship would put together their own set of rules or articles. These essentially formed the government aboard each ship.

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[franky1]

no

their law was for even petty things the got thrown off the ship(death)
it was not solidarity, it was fear of life

other pirates would persuade each other not to break the rules of the boat because one less hand onboard means more work for the others

the only time they kept prisoners was if the prisoner had value back on shore. why feed and hydrate someone with no value, who is not helping out the crew and is just dead weight

it wasnt about brotherhood or companionship. or morals. it was about survival
in many cases once they are heading back to shore after their thievery they would kill off a few crew to reduce the amount of people vs treasure.
there was also a hierachy with the captain being the tyrant

so dont think a pirate is all peace, loving brotherhood of equality

badecker. if you were onboard and said
"nah captain, i feel like taking a rest day today as i have my own freedoms to control my own body"(your usual rhetoric) the captain will say "fine control your body in the water, goodbye"
and no he wont give you food, lifejacket and a lifeboat. he would just feed you to the sharks

[BADecker]

^^^ Blah, blah, blah.

franky1. if you were onboard and said
"nah captain, i feel like taking a rest day today as i have my own freedoms to control my own body"(your usual rhetoric) the captain will say "fine control your body in the water, goodbye"
and no he wont give you food, lifejacket and a lifeboat. he would just feed you to the sharks

Blah, blah, blah.

[franky1]

each new topic you make reveals more about your moral compass

driving on public road without following highway code. shows you have no regard about contracts, tresspass or property
desire to be a pirate. shows you have no regard to property, punishment

sounds like you want to be a irresponsible thief that has no regard to others, just as long as you can get paid from it

just goes to show what information you have been reading to sway or morals in such direction

[BADecker]

The more you post things, the more you show yourself to be a slave monger.

Both Britain and the USA fought hard for their freedom. Now all you want to do is give the people back into slavery against the codes and laws that are made and posted by government, but that government people disobey, themselves.

You play the game that you are a nice little law abiding free man, but you are constantly fighting against freedom by applying the laws in areas where they are not supposed to be applied.

And then when someone shows what you are doing, all you can do is badmouth them.

If you want slavery so bad, it will be easy for you to jump right into it. There are loads of people who would like to have you as a slave. But why do you want to enslave others right along with yourself? Is it that misery loves company, or what?

[KingScorpio]

While this wouldn't work for nations the size of the major nations of the world, it might work better than having counties in the several States.


Caribbean Pirates had a Better System of Government

Pirates had to work together to successfully plunder and rob.

The average old-timey Caribbean-type pirate ship during the 17th and 18th centuries consisted of 80 pirates, and some pirate crews reached into the hundreds.

But pirates were not known for being the most orderly people.

How did ruffians who thought nothing of murder work together to relieve massive armed merchant vessels of their goods? And how could one pirate be sure his hard work wouldn't simply be stolen by a rival, or expropriated by the Captain?

Caribbean piracy was effective and profitable, in short, because they formed an effective legal system. Pirate ships were like tiny floating governments.

And while pirates were clearly horrible to outsiders, internally, they actually had a fair and efficient system of governance.

Each ship would put together their own set of rules or articles. These essentially formed the government aboard each ship.

for pirates robbing was work they had to rob or they would be poor and starve, you say they had a better system of government, but do you know what a high mortality rate they had? they died like flies.

[BADecker]

for pirates robbing was work they had to rob or they would be poor and starve, you say they had a better system of government, but do you know what a high mortality rate they had? they died like flies.

Farmers, hunters, and fishermen stay alive without robbing. Being a pirate is a choice, even when it is forced on you.

[Mometaskers]

There's fewer people so it's easier for each to be heard and each one contributes more to the overall effort. Also the reason why most pre-modern government that resembles democracy were found in city-states.

Big difference with pirates is that the cost of unrest is very high. The captain want to keep his "constituents" in order, which can involve harsh punishments but at the same time the consequences of a mutiny is high for him so also have to be fair. The threat of getting thrown overboard is also real for him.

Basically the closer the leader is to the results of his action, the more careful he would be. I think this is what's missing in governments today.

for pirates robbing was work they had to rob or they would be poor and starve, you say they had a better system of government, but do you know what a high mortality rate they had? they died like flies.

Farmers, hunters, and fishermen stay alive without robbing. Being a pirate is a choice, even when it is forced on you.

Go look up the term "shanghaiing". Let's see how much options one have in that situation.

[BADecker]

There's fewer people so it's easier for each to be heard and each one contributes more to the overall effort. Also the reason why most pre-modern government that resembles democracy were found in city-states.

Big difference with pirates is that the cost of unrest is very high. The captain want to keep his "constituents" in order, which can involve harsh punishments but at the same time the consequences of a mutiny is high for him so also have to be fair. The threat of getting thrown overboard is also real for him.

Basically the closer the leader is to the results of his action, the more careful he would be. I think this is what's missing in governments today.

for pirates robbing was work they had to rob or they would be poor and starve, you say they had a better system of government, but do you know what a high mortality rate they had? they died like flies.

Farmers, hunters, and fishermen stay alive without robbing. Being a pirate is a choice, even when it is forced on you.

Go look up the term "shanghaiing". Let's see how much options one have in that situation.

No group of pirates ever force a shanghaied person to become a pirate. If the person doesn't agree with them, they slit his throat and throw the body overboard. So, he has a choice... be a pirate or not.

Someday we might have implants that we can shove into the body of a shanghaied person, so that we can control what are normally his voluntary muscles. Then we will be able to make the joker be a pirate, by computer, totally against his own will to commit suicide.

[franky1]

The more you post things, the more you show yourself to be a slave monger.

Both Britain and the USA fought hard for their freedom. Now all you want to do is give the people back into slavery against the codes and laws that are made and posted by government, but that government people disobey, themselves.

oh badecker
im starting to think you take illicit substances so suddenly you think your some top mafia gangsta and outlaw because you smoke weed or snort other tainted drugs.... i think its time you get off the illicit substances

knowing the law, to utilise it to ensure i dont become a slave to it. i do not fear knocks at the door by authorities or fear hearing police sirens behind me when i drive. i do not fear being stopped by border patrol/TSA
however in your case, its different.. with you being ignorant of the law thinking that you being put in a pysch hold is giving you freedom, and worrying about what authority can do to you, makes you the slave

by being irresponsible and not caring about your actions and pretending your actions does not impact anything, will make you become a prison cellmates love slave. when the government you fear comes after you

where as others who know right from wrong know what morals are, actually ensure the dont become a slave to prisons and mental hospitals

but you keep being ignorant and thinking your fake outlaw ways will win you freedom.
here is the funny part. you pretend to be an outlaw and want the outlaw lifestyle but you cannot actually free yourself from the fears of it. which is why you reveal your lack of true experience in things you pretend to have researched.
you fear doing real research you fear actually trying these things in real life

so your fear is your prison you have become a slave to

[BADecker]

The more you post things, the more you show yourself to be a slave monger.

Both Britain and the USA fought hard for their freedom. Now all you want to do is give the people back into slavery against the codes and laws that are made and posted by government, but that government people disobey, themselves.

oh badecker
im starting to think you take illicit substances so suddenly you think your some top mafia gangsta and outlaw because you smoke weed or snort other tainted drugs.... i think its time you get off the illicit substances

knowing the law, to utilise it to ensure i dont become a slave to it. i do not fear knocks at the door by authorities or fear hearing police sirens behind me when i drive. i do not fear being stopped by border patrol/TSA
however in your case, its different.. with you being ignorant of the law thinking that you being put in a pysch hold is giving you freedom, and worrying about what authority can do to you, makes you the slave

by being irresponsible and not caring about your actions and pretending your actions does not impact anything, will make you become a prison cellmates love slave. when the government you fear comes after you

where as others who know right from wrong know what morals are, actually ensure the dont become a slave to prisons and mental hospitals

but you keep being ignorant and thinking your fake outlaw ways will win you freedom.
here is the funny part. you pretend to be an outlaw and want the outlaw lifestyle but you cannot actually free yourself from the fears of it. which is why you reveal your lack of true experience in things you pretend to have researched.
you fear doing real research you fear actually trying these things in real life

so your fear is your prison you have become a slave to

Your lack of fear of government, at least a little, shows that you are deeply entrenched in slavery.

[franky1]

^ says the guy that wants a tyranical government that has a death penalty for small petty rule breaks.





v more of the guy not realising he is the one calling tyranny 'better system of government'

[BADecker]

^ Says the joker who loves being on the slavery end of tyrannical governments that kill for no reason at all.

[Mometaskers]

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for pirates robbing was work they had to rob or they would be poor and starve, you say they had a better system of government, but do you know what a high mortality rate they had? they died like flies.

Farmers, hunters, and fishermen stay alive without robbing. Being a pirate is a choice, even when it is forced on you.

Go look up the term "shanghaiing". Let's see how much options one have in that situation.

No group of pirates ever force a shanghaied person to become a pirate. If the person doesn't agree with them, they slit his throat and throw the body overboard. So, he has a choice... be a pirate or not.

Someday we might have implants that we can shove into the body of a shanghaied person, so that we can control what are normally his voluntary muscles. Then we will be able to make the joker be a pirate, by computer, totally against his own will to commit suicide.

But would you rather have your throat slit than go pirate for a while until you can find a way to escape your captors? Also, you don't really need to have implants to force people to commit suicide, you just need to blackmail or doxx them.

BTW, belated Merry Christmas.

[audaciousbeing]

I would disagree with that form of government simply because nothing legal can never come out of an illegal activity. For the fact that they steal and rob other people of their resources is a reason to discard whatever form of governance that they are practicing no matter how noble. Sometimes, these people would resort to kidnapping which in most cases would lead to death of innocent souls in a case of  rescue attempts among other things. Another factor is the crude punishment which in most times is fast, rapid and is always led to death or permanent disability without giving room for any form of appeals.

[BADecker]

I would disagree with that form of government simply because nothing legal can never come out of an illegal activity. For the fact that they steal and rob other people of their resources is a reason to discard whatever form of governance that they are practicing no matter how noble. Sometimes, these people would resort to kidnapping which in most cases would lead to death of innocent souls in a case of  rescue attempts among other things. Another factor is the crude punishment which in most times is fast, rapid and is always led to death or permanent disability without giving room for any form of appeals.

Now, wait a minute. ISIS tortures, kills, and beheads many non-ISIS people. How can they be organized enough to do this in concert, except that they have a government for themselves? They love their wives and children just like people of other groups and nations do. Why would pirates be any different? Their government works, just like the government that ISIS has implemented for themselves works.


Islamic State Films Gruesome Beheadings In "Message To Christians All Over The World"

The Islamic State has released a video which purportedly shows the brutal execution of 11 blindfolded Christians in Nigeria, the day after Christmas, in revenge for the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and IS spokesman Abdul-Hasan al-Muhajir, accordign to Ahmad Salkida - a journalist who was first sent the video.

"This is a message to Christians all over the world," says a masked man from the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), in the 56-second clip released the Amaq news agency, a platform for Islamic State propaganda.

"We killed them as revenge for the killing of our leaders, including Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and [IS spokesman] Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir."

The footage, filmed in an unidentified outdoor area, shows one captive who is shot dead while the other 10 are pushed to the ground and beheaded, according to the BBC.

Here is a clip of the video which cuts off before the reported executions.

GRAPHIC CLIP: 11 Nigerian male Christians including soldiers, Aid workers & civilians abducted by Islamic State Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiyah #ISWAP were on Christmas day Beheaded excluding one who was shot execution style.

[Sadlife]

Their law is pretty much for savages in my perspective cause they will murder or betray anyone who has better gold or any possession of precious treasure even their own crewmates. A good governance in my perspective doesn't harm and rape or kidnap people for loots, a governance that will teach them how to read, write and have skills to help further develop one's country and doesn't necessarily kill someone.

[BADecker]

No group of pirates ever force a shanghaied person to become a pirate. If the person doesn't agree with them, they slit his throat and throw the body overboard. So, he has a choice... be a pirate or not.

Someday we might have implants that we can shove into the body of a shanghaied person, so that we can control what are normally his voluntary muscles. Then we will be able to make the joker be a pirate, by computer, totally against his own will to commit suicide.

But would you rather have your throat slit than go pirate for a while until you can find a way to escape your captors? Also, you don't really need to have implants to force people to commit suicide, you just need to blackmail or doxx them.

BTW, belated Merry Christmas.

But whatever I would do or wish, is not what we were talking about. We were talking about the choice available.

[BADecker]

Their law is pretty much for savages in my perspective cause they will murder or betray anyone who has better gold or any possession of precious treasure even their own crewmates. A good governance in my perspective doesn't harm and rape or kidnap people for loots, a governance that will teach them how to read, write and have skills to help further develop one's country and doesn't necessarily kill someone.

Yes, to both ISIS and pirates. But both have governments that work, and much of the time their government is way more practical than the practicing governments that leach off the people... like most of Europe and the USA do.

[franky1]

pirates and ISIS dont have  governments

governments are a national system.
your trying to assume what hostile acts might work out for some in a army camp or a boat can also work nationally for people not interested in screwing each other over, harming others

sorry. but pirate law would work for prison cellmates but not for populations outside of prison.

but enjoy living a life where you think no one should own property and how stealing is the norm.. so how about you live by your mindset and hand over your private keys to scammers.

oh wait, suddenly not willing to give up your property and dont like the idea of taking your property. well well well