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I think Disney doesn't quite understand what piracy is (lemmy.ml)
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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

On the democratic aspect: IIRC "the pirate code" was real, it was basically a contract everyone had input on and had to be unanimously approved. Also, the pirate captain is not a dictator like naval captains were, if a majority of the crew hated the captain they could vote them out (or worse), so it was in the captain's interest to keep everyone happy mainly by fairly dividing the goods that were plundered.