Why do they call themselves Pirates...

Why do they call themselves Pirates? Wouldn't anarchists or even communists be a better description considering their actions?

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Why were the "pirates" that attacked Spanish ships on behalf of the English called pirates back in the 1600s when they were government lapdogs?

because Luffy grew up thinking that being a pirate meant going around looking for adventures and having parties

They were often called privateers because they were paid and employed by X government.

they were called corsairs actually

Why the fuck should I read One Piece if the only real pirates are bad guys?

if you want a realistic depiction of pirates than clearly One Piece isn't for you

'pirate' = 'free'

luffy has his own image of freedom; other pirates have theirs. the form of the actions he takes are incidental to that freedom; if it was deliberate, then perhaps 'anarchist' would work as a designation, but that'd be completely missing the point.

Luffy isn't a fucking pirate.

Because "real" pirates are the bad guys.

luffy explicitly defines what being a pirate means to him in the story --- being 'free' --- and it's the same answer his predecessors (roger, oden) provide. you can disagree with him --- oda offers that opportunity with more prototypical images of piracy like blackbeard --- but that's the matter as is.

feel free to disagree with him I guess

You can call yourself anything you want, it is about how others perceive your actions. In the Strawhats case they cause total anarchy wherever they go. Anarchy is the first step towards communism so it's not false to call them communist.

Imagine reading or watching wan piss, fuck all of you wanpissdrinkers

fuck off amerilard

t. triggered communist

the 'others' in the story see luffy as an extreme villain and criminal --- that's how the others see all pirates behind bounties --- and why they celebrated his defeat and ace's/whitebeard's death all around the world. if you care about what others perceive you as, or if you think that defines your title, then they are pirates by that definition even more so.

they do not cause total anarchy wherever they go; in fact, what they do is uproot the insurgent elements in a nation and restore the proper regimes. they don't eliminate dressrosa's or alabasta's governing authority, they reinstall the proper rulers. there is nuance in each particular case.

The Strawhats are pro-benevolent monarchy, not pro-communism.

They were called privateers. Pirates were the Arab/Turk slavers.

there were plenty of actual pirates in the Caribbeans, like Blackbeard himself

>Anarchy is the first step towards communism
t. retardmerican

Isn't Luffy a Nazi? Don't forget that time he beat up and robbed a defenseless Jew.

by this logic the Yonko aren't real pirates but rather mafia bosses or dictators of rogues states

Anarchy is always the first step towards communism. It is proven by history.

He was a rogue privateer. Redbeard was a pirate.

Fuck, you are right

>rogue privateer
...so a pirate

and the One Piece did have their own corsairs/privateers, the Shichibukai.

Pirates are anyone who takes to the sea and opposes the world government. Some pirates earn their reputation from pillage and murder but the Straw Hats have earned it by raiding government islands, taking down privateers and generally just being a big thorn in the govt's side.

>This is what americans are being taught on their schools

Another victim of my country self sabotaging its education for everyone but the rich. I'll pray for you user.

Actually, the Yonkou are leaders of 3 smaller Independent Empires in war with the biggest World Empire, who call themselves the World Government. It's like Chinese propaganda in the One Piece world, if you think about it.

Only if we use the retarded modernist view of history where we change the name of everything to match categories we made up centuries after the event.

People are generally better at analyzing and describing things after they've happened so yeah we should go by that.

It is the truth. That is your entire ideology, anarchist. A forerunner to what comes next; communism. Anarchy is always needed to destabilize society in order to turn countries or areas communist.