Quote (Surfpunk @ Jun 8 2020 10:20am)
The reason why pirating exists is because it's a very profitable venture in a country that doesn't have many sources of income. Finding a few cases of dumping doesn't somehow invalidate the reality that they are doing this for
money.
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According to some estimates, pirates in 2008 pulled in as much as $150 million, indicating that piracy is now Somalia's biggest industry. In fact, successful pirates are the country's most eligible bachelors. While small-time swashbucklers earn in the low five figures, bosses can pull in $2 million a year—
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124060718735454125Most behavior in life is driven by personal profit/benefit. Somali fishermen banding together to stop neighboring countries fishermen fishing their waters is an example of that, Somali pirates recognizing they can make 5 figures+ in a country where the average monthly income is 400 dollars a month has nothing to do with stopping dumping out of the kindness of their heart and has everything to do with making dough. Like lol, what revisionist reality do you live in?