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A shadow of his former self (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 116 points 7 months ago (3 children)

For people who aren't aware, Henry Morgan was a legendary pirate who used his pirate booty to purchase sugar plantations in Jamaica to produce rum. Eventually he became so wealthy and famous that he was appointed the Colonial Governor of Jamaica.

He wasn't a 20-something guy in a nightclub with a popped collar.

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 44 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

To be fair, he's now basically a cartoon character who is used to promote the sale of cheap flavored rum. So...

[–] ActionHank@sopuli.xyz 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And I'm sure there was nothing going on there but well paying jobs for the local inhabitants. What a cool guy.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 39 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah no, the dude was a slave owner and a piece of shit. Let's also not forget what a pirate literally is. He was not a good dude. But he was famous and was subjectively kinda a badass in a historically contextualized perspective.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

He wasn't a pirate at all, he was a privateer.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Literally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Privateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Soldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king!

It's a big difference.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I don't think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill