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minus-squareWandererlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoHe wasn’t a pirate at all, he was a privateer.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoLiterally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.
minus-squareFozzyOsbournelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoPrivateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!
minus-squareWandererlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoSoldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king! It’s a big difference.
minus-squareFozzyOsbournelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI don’t think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill
He wasn’t a pirate at all, he was a privateer.
Literally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.
Privateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!
Soldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king!
It’s a big difference.
I don’t think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill