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Important distinction: I do mean the political philosophy of Anarchsim, rather than the assumption of Anarchy, before anyone comes in with that.

Typically with the discussion of the Golden Age of Piracy we have a few things said about successful pirates, but it not leading to any organised groups.

What if this changed? What sort of PoD and history could we see to have the Pirates organise as a form of proto-anarchism? My first thought would be the establishment of a militant alliance of freed slaves and pirates, working as hybrid militarised farmers and militarised traders, but short of a Pirate takeover of Jamaica and an alliance with the Jamaicans in the mountains, I'm not sure how plausible it is to have a Federation of the Free Men of the Caribbean Sea.
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