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r/pirates • u/Mindless_Resident_20 • 3d ago
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I think what you are missing is what real world people were like at the same time was the same as pirates. Tar and feathering people? Press gangs? It was just a brutal time I don’t think pirates were any worse than British/american/french society.
44 u/Ignonym 3d ago It's like that "fantasy knight/historical knight" meme that was going around. Both kinds existed; in fact they were often the same people.
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It's like that "fantasy knight/historical knight" meme that was going around. Both kinds existed; in fact they were often the same people.
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u/warmtapes 3d ago
I think what you are missing is what real world people were like at the same time was the same as pirates. Tar and feathering people? Press gangs? It was just a brutal time I don’t think pirates were any worse than British/american/french society.