The Pirate Captain Wasn't Really the Boss

CGP Grey · 12M views · 2020 · 7:21

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Explores the surprising democratic and egalitarian structures of pirate crews, challenging common myths about pirate hierarchy.

Linked by 11 independent sites, 3 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including flashbots.net, hypothes.is, effectivealtruism.org, criticalbasics.xyz, astronutter.com.

Cited in 1 Wikipedia article, including The Invisible Hook.