Did that work in the 18th century? Hanging a few pirates eliminated piracy?

It's my understanding it was more about the loss of favorable basing and the reduction in Spanish shipments of treasure that caused the decline.

We've killed plenty of would-be pirates recently. Doesn't seem to have ended the problem.

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delichon a day ago | parent [-]

> Did that work in the 18th century?

It did in the early 19th century. Check out the first and second Barbary Wars. They were not permanent solutions but they had lasting effects. The real blow was the French conquest of Algeria after that.

	▲	mlyle a day ago \| parent [-]
		1. Doesn't seem like this quite fits under "hanging a few pirates" 2. One of the big problems here is there's no real counterparty to negotiate with/cow like the Algerian Dey. That's not to say that I'm against increased anti-pirate action. I just don't think it's as straightforward as you all say.