Re:Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
by roguecoder on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:46PM
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That scene was based on an actual historical village communities, such as those in Castile, and the later medieval conflict between the historically self-governing communities and the centralized order that had previously tolerated them: https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/220237/1/06_Communit...
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Re:Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
by Kye on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:17PM
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It's amazing how much better media inspired by history is when it's based on real history and not the mythologized version. I noticed this recently rewatching the Pirates of the Carribean series (mythologized), then Black Sails (closer to reality, especially after season 2 when the showrunner read some current literature on pirates). It turns out a lot of pirate ships were democracies, they were often pro-abolition and happy to take on freed slaves as crew, and they didn't much care who you loved.
Re:Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
by BurningFrog on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:51PM
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Black Sails is a forgotten gem of a show!