Pirates and Emperors

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Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity. Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, "What you mean by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you who does it with a great fleet are styled emperor."

-St. Augustine of Hippo
City of God, Book 4, Chapter 4

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Pirates and Emperors
They the same thing
Pirates and Emperors
They the same thing

The both want
The world on a string
Pirates and Emperors
They the same thing

Listen to the words
of St. Augustine.

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released April 20, 2024
Song written, performed, and produced by Kurt Lacourrege.

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Ghost Electricity is the pseudonym for the apartment recordings of Kurt Lacourrege.

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