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Pirate Utopias

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertatia" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertatia</a>

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><i>"The pirate utopia's motto was "for God and liberty," and its flag was white, in contrast to a Jolly Roger. They were anti-statist, waging war against states and lawmakers, attacking their ships, sparing prisoners, and freeing slaves. They called themselves Liberi, and held many principles of anarchism, and lived under a communal city rule, a sort of worker owned corporation of piracy. They had pirate articles (shared codes of conduct), and used elected systems of re-callable delegates."</i><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ahoy, i've found this article interesting enough to investigate about pirate utopias and seems to be a continuous line between some kind of libertarian ideas, and the romantic idealization of individualist swashbucklers fighting a lost war, seeking revenge, as this list in the wiki:

Alan Breck Stuart
Captain Blood
Captain Jack Sparrow
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Dantès
Inigo Montoya
Sandokan
Scaramouche
the Scarlet Pimpernel
Solomon Kane
V
Zorro

And i could add, the Black Corsair from Emilio Salgari. There is a clear pattern of characters. Often an educated man of noble origin whose family/rights were slayed with great injustice, and is waging a war on his own against overwhelming odds.

Just wanted to comment it, if someone else feels attracted by this kind of stories.
From the brethren of the coast. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doff.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":doff" border="0" alt="doff.gif" />

<b>"VI VERI VNIVERSUM VIVUS VICI"</b>
<i>"By the power of Truth, I conquer the universe and live"</i>
 
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