Pirates 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 · 2 个月前

Pirates 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?

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 2 个月前

Because they didn’t pay taxes. You’re looking for buccaneers aka licensed and registered pirates.

鳳凰院凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前

Except megacorporations barely pay taxes, in fact, they get subsidies

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 2 个月前

They pay bribes, though!

鳳凰院凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前

They pay bribes to politicians, then the politicians write a law giving corporate more subsidies from your tax dollars, so in the end, corporate always wins.

Vandals_handle@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 个月前

Privateers?

Edit. All buccaneers privateers but not all privateers buccaneers?

Edit edit: How much did you pay tor the gauges? A buck an ear.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

I swear officer, I have my letter of marque here somewhere, just give me a sec…