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TIL during the Golden Age of Piracy, many pirates set up social safety net programs such as disability payments for injuries sustained while at sea, as well as life insurance to be paid to a pirate’s family if they died.
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Los Angeles Times
Brutal Pirates Had Their Good Points, Historians Say
Lore: They elected their own captains and voted on their missions, gave black slaves freedom and divided booty fairly, revisionist researchers say. They were violent, but who's perfect?
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You have a right to be tried by a jury of your shareholders
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Some of the 'comorbidities'
For a more complete list check the 136 page document
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So I just ran the numbers and assuming the rate of new deaths per day from covid in the US plateaus, we'll reach a million total covid deaths in just under 60 days!
I know our readers from outside the US are probably celebrating at this news and to them I say this: we're celebrating too 🥳
I know our readers from outside the US are probably celebrating at this news and to them I say this: we're celebrating too 🥳