The Pirates of the Modern World 

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"History is writen by the Victor": Sea people show up, destroy the Bronze age, refuse to write anything, leave

Remember the time when Pirates tried robbing a Spanish Navy Ship?

You know what's the funny thing? The way that modern pirates are being depicted in modern media (ruthless, brutal, etc) is literally how pirates of the Caribbean depicted in media back during the golden age of piracy. Who knows? Hundreds of years in the future, perhaps the somali pirate will be romanticize in media.

“I’m a busy man Captain crunch but I’ll make this quick, I’m ruining pirates faster than Johnny Depp did. You ain’t a tough guy, my kids dress up like you for Halloween!” Al Capone

If I remember right, there's a sort of stock market going on with Somali pirates. You can pay to help fund their equipment and piracy, and in return, you get a cut on whatever successful attack they achieve

Fun fact: Piracy got so bad off the Somali coast in 2000’s that in a rare moment of cooperation, the US & North Korean both acted together to take down a pirate attack. Look up the 2007 Dai Hong Dan incident.

Imagine seeing a modern Blackbeard captaining a Nimitz class carrier.

You've got to be the worst pirate I've ever heard of.

"Wilson" volleyball in the background of the portrayed Captain Phillips: nice. 😄👍

How Netflix views its customers:

AAARGH!!!! WHERE’S CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!?!?!?!?

Wealth, fame, power, I had obtained everything this world has to offer

The fact that cargo ships are not allowed to arm themselves to fend off pirates while at the same time not being guaranteed protection is a perfect reflection of most countries these days, that of a disarmed population that is not provided the protection that was taken from them

LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!! I’m the captain now!

My dad served on the frigate USS McClusky and destroyer USS Howard, he told me stories of how they would go patrolling and run into pirates

As one famous fox pirate once said: What do we do with the drunken sailor🏴‍☠️

I love your videos, and even though this video on pirates is a bit of an exception, I've love to see you cover other topics besides armed conflict. There's more to history than just war, and you could probably do an excellent summary animated video on something like the great depression, Chinese cultural revolution, etc.

"pirates of the modern world" *Looks at Chinese Navy after they one time attacked a Filipino boat carrying supplies and M16 rifles*

Yo! Ya-yo, ya-yo Dreaming Don't give it up, Luffy! Dreaming Don't give it up, Zolo! Dreaming Don't give it up, Nami! Dreaming Don't give it give it up give it up give it up give it up No! Here's how the story goes, we find out about a treasure in the Grand Line There's no doubt, the pirate whose eye is on it, he'll sing I'll be King of the Pirates, I'm gonna be King Ya-yo, ya-yo, ya-yo Ho-ho His name is Luffy That's Monkey D. Luffy Gonna be king of the pirates He's made of rubber! How did that happen? Yo-ho-ho, he took a bite of Gum Gum! Ya-yo, ya-yo His name's Zolo, He's just like a samurai And the l-a-d-y, Nami's not shy The pirate crew coming through doing their thing With the king of the pirates He's gonna be king Ya-yo, ya-yo, ya-yo Ho-ho Set sail for One Piece It's the name of the treasure In the Grand Line Ya-yo, ya-yo Set sail for One Piece

Can you do a video about The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The last time I was this early Socrates had just been canceled by Athens

Coincidentally I was listening to a sea shanty rock song! Great information and visuals as always Griffin! 😊

Is he the captain now?

Look at me! I am the captain now!

A pleasant surprise to see this video right as it uploaded.

"A true captain is not defined by the size of his ship, but by the strength of his character." -Blackbeard

THE ONE PIECE!! THE ONE PIECE IS REAAALLL!!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣💥💥💥💥💥

0:18 Neet old reference "The Legend of Monkey Island"

An example of a romanticized Pirate is obviously Captain Jack Sparrow, an example of a realistic modern pirate is Vaas Montenegro from Far Cry 3.

My favourite story with pirates by far is that one time when Somali pirates tried hijacking what they thought was commercial vessel but was instead a fully armed Russian warship and the Russians didn’t hesitate on using their full arsenal to defeat the pirates, when the pirates noticed their mistake and tried to surrender they were blown up by some explosive either a missile or RPG fired from the Russian warship. Not sure if it’s real or not I’ve heard it plenty of times but never seen any legit evidence for it, same thing about the pretty recent story’s of Russian billionaire and millionaires going on trips with luxury yachts filled with arms and mercenaries to the coast of Somalia and Nigeria in the hopes of them getting the attention of some pirates who they then light up and kill for fun

Good guy with a gun beats a bad guy with a gun... all sea transport vessels should have armed crew every voyage.

Look at me, i am the captain now.

Ive always wondered what modern pirates looked

20:02 Will someone think of the poor *checks notes*.... pirates?

Piracy is a symptom of what has ailed the world from ancient times. Few have much, many have nothing.

Honey wake up armchair historian posted

Interesting story: The infamous 2014 execution video supposedly of Pirates in Fijian waters, were actually drug smugglers probably from Iran who were attacked and killed by the crew of a taiwanese ship. The captain was sentenced to prison.

New Pirates of the Carribean film looks fire

Remember back when pirates hijacked a North Korean ship? How did that turn out for em' ;)))

There was an incident where the big bad pirate demanded Japan to open its trade port.

Incredible quality of content

Not today babe. Armchair historian just dropped a new video.

I wonder how future generations will view these pirates? Will they be viewed as Robin Hoods? Or will they be viewed as Vile Criminals?

Thinking about the Dai Hong Dan incident. When a North Korean naval cargo ship was taken captive by pirates. The following day, the crew members with the support of THE U.S NAVY overpowered the pirates.

Hey just a suggestion if you read this could you cover the ethio Somali war in the future please?

8:48 I like how they overlaid the cargo ship in 2 different directions so it looks really strange, could be something they overlooked.

Would you ever consider doing a video about the Franklin Expedition in 1845?

KENWAY! IN A WORLD WITHOUT GOLD WE COULD'VE BEEN HEROES!

Pirate of the Caribbean theme intensified lmao

I feel like everytime I get interested in a topic theres always one week difference between that and yall making a video, its such a coincidence that it has happened like 5 times

The Monkey D. Luffys of the Modern World

Amazing history

Black lagoon any one?

"Youre parasites, feeding off the industry of honest men" - Commodore Chamberlain, AC Black Flag

Perfect timing since I’m watching Black Sails

Largest pirate organization operates in South East Asia and are the Chinese navy, coastguard and maritime militia.

I'm wondering who were the sea people's anyway like where did they come from what happened to them

I love The Armchair Historian :D

The day the Somalis learned the same lesson the Japanese learned D O N T A T T A C K B O A T

"Don't all good stories involve pirates?"

Good video here also another contributing factor to piracy the end of the Vietnam War said people fleeing there after the South collapsed got attacked by them.

I like sloths from The Goonies in the corner of the map. Great video 👍🏻

Love the animation great works!

Captain Kidd is just an older example of our government failing us.

I do fancy myself as sort of a pirate. Though I'm the torrent-buckling kind.

9:33 If I saw that in real life I would laugh

You forgot the Chinese Coast Guard

I've never seen the Captain Phillips movie, but maybe I should given how iconic that meme is. Thank you for another interesting piece of modern history. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

Cool video :) We can see the waves animation looping in the window near 18:10 :p

but twitter told me pirates were so based and righteous.

Proper armamanent for ships would be a good idea

8:59 if you know...

History is Awesome

We still haven't found gol d roger

Lmaoo@ "Im The Captain now!" classic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think there is a script error around 2:14. "Commodities rely on sea vessels to transport their goods between each other." Should that be countries or companies?

The video so good!!!!

Sorry ladies even modern pirates believe you bring bad luck and won't dare have you join them on their ventures, they say it's because you draw the crew's attention away from the sea, which would anger it, causing dangerous conditions in retaliation

I have a bottle of dirt!!!

Seems like it’s a no brainer for ship to use firearms against pirates

Love it 😍

Make a video on Liberian and Sierra leones civil wars

Venezuela Piracy bringing us back to the 1600s me mateys 🏴‍☠️⛵️

Ah yes my favorites a Somali pirate, luffy, robbie rotten, and jack sparrow.

I love the animation on this channel

Pirates!

🎶I’ve got a jar of dirt I’ve got a jar of dirt and guess what inside it 🎶

Once again we learn nothing about the history of the armchair

Sir, could you please cover the United States naval operations against the Barbary pirates during the 1800's? Brian Kilmeade's book "Thomas Jefferson and Barbary Pirates", is an easy read on the subject if you need sources if you are interested on making a video about these naval operations.

"Where cargo ships go, warships follow"- brain4breakfast

The straight of Hormuz helped out hugely

7:11 ah yes, Sumatera. Base of pirate. Battle field of frying oils business man against ☠️.

What kind of unholy abomination was that depiction of the Maersk Alabama 😂 looks like the superstructure at least was mirrored

All fun and games until pirates attempt to hijack a North Korean ship

Lol like American law had an influence in the 18th and 19th centuries... 100% anglo laws.

@9:08 WILSON!!

They should've sticked with 30 long pattern Blomefield 32-pounders guns on the upper deck to defend from pirates smh.

Reminder to anyone watching that this channel is actually called "the CIA historian"

9:04 willson is in the background