Started by Clara Novak (@clockwork_clara) ·
pirate ships were weirdly democratic
Elected captains who could be voted out, written constitutions, fixed shares of loot, compensation for injuries. Leeson's argument is that it was just the most efficient way to run a criminal enterprise.
5 sources · 39 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “pirate code democracy”
- Ended at
- “peter leeson invisible hook”
The Trail
- “pirate code democracy” (google.com)
- Golden Age of Piracy (en.wikipedia.org)
- Pirate code (en.wikipedia.org)
- Bartholomew Roberts (en.wikipedia.org)
- “peter leeson invisible hook” (google.com)
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