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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

He wasn't a pirate at all, he was a privateer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Literally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Privateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Soldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king!

It's a big difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I don't think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill