@tavelarocque: they dragged a pirate in chains in front of alexander the great and asked him what he meant by terrorising the sea. and the pirate answered him. “the same thing you mean by seizing the whole earth. but because i do it with one small ship i’m called a robber, and because you do it with a great fleet you’re called an emperor.” augustine wrote that down in the fifth century, and he isn’t telling a joke at alexander’s expense. he’s asking this: take justice out of the picture, and what is a kingdom except a large gang? and what is a gang except a small kingdom? #philosophy #History #augustine #power

digitaldrreamer :

robbers be saying such things back then and presidents so goddamn dumb these days

AugusT :

pirates of the ancient Mediterranean speak better than current leaders of "civilized" countries 😂

DRENIex :

Everyone can become a pirate but no one can become Alexander the great

🔱🫷skizzy064🫸🔱 :

I actually also said that

uhhhhhlol :

You know what this reminds me of? One Piece. Basically the World Govt. is just one big pirate group, it just so happens that they're the strongest and with the most numbers. The Emperors have their own territories, an army, they also have taxes and shii, they have structure; sounds just like the WG

Ced_ :

because he's cool and the pirate is not

Non-Player Character :

this never happened

Jjde :

Where did you get the quote?

King_wavy :

broski kinda looks like Alexander

Jame :

Augustine was a pirate????

Mustafa :

This is so real

𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖗𝖎𝖘 :

Werent pirates during somewhere near the 1600-1800s? ( i could be inaccurate)

t :

Thought that was zoro at first

thedreamer7s :

I am, me and my devil but hell doesn’t give out Therapist nor console so it’s just me. It is what it is

Ninos ☦️ ܢܺܝܢܳܘܣ :

canthesitate :

Hella aura was about back then

Edmund Wilson :

Charles Tilly called this the “roving bandits” theory of state formation. War makes states, and states make war.

Jayke_Talkk :

One thing I’ll realize is that God gives kingdom to different powers and who is in power have the right to govern the land and execute justice

hmmmwhomp4 :

I guess it matters who does it first

JukeCityGamer :

FYI “Might is right”

Game Thero :

omar :

omar :

😂

Sneakycup :