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It might be a surprise to some but pirates were quite well known for their democratic and multi-branch systems of government with checks and balances.
Imagine a society that is really "trading society" posing as a de jure civil society.
There are those who suggest that the UK's flag and the Jolly Roger are based upon the Pirate's Skull & Bones which is the name of a secret society based at Yale University and whose members may have included multiple U.S. presidents.
Related: Piracy's Influence In the Atlantic World; Code of the Brethren; History of the Pyrates (1724); The History of the Buccaneers of America (otig. 1678);
Pirates practiced the same egalitarian principles as the Founding Fathers and displayed pioneering spirit in exploring new territory and meeting the native peoples, said Jason Acosta, who did the research for his thesis in history at the University of Florida.
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There are those who suggest that the UK's flag and the Jolly Roger are based upon the Pirate's Skull & Bones which is the name of a secret society based at Yale University and whose members may have included multiple U.S. presidents.
Like the American revolutionaries, pirates developed three branches of government with checks and balances. The ship captain was elected, just as the U.S. president; the pirate assembly was comparable to Congress; and the quartermaster resembled a judge in settling shipmate disputes and preventing the captain from overstepping his authority, he said.
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