They abolished the wage relation central to the process of capitalist accumulation .
By expropriating a merchant ship ( after a mutiny or a capture ) , pirates seized the means of maritime production and declared it to be the common property of those who did its work .
pirates abolished the wage relation central to the process of capitalist accumulation .
By expropriating a merchant ship ( after a mutiny or a capture ) , pirates seized the means of maritime production and declared it to be the common property of those who did its work .