Anonymous ID: a00756 Aug. 7, 2022, 7:12 p.m. No.17179819   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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>pirates were independent

>privateers were hired mercs

Privateers working under government contract assisting the navy

Buccaneers were commercial operators working for their own profit but assisting the navy/government but not paid for by the government

Many pirates were privateers who had their pay cut off when the government no longer needed them or when they realized that the paymasters were a corrupt bunch of assholes.