Weak men have consequences.
“In the age of satellites the only way pirates can be successful capturing big ships is if they have a powerful government behind them.”
or weak governments in the rest of the world ...back in the day of somali pirates, western governments refused to assist all ships not registered in their own countries, which was of course pretty much all of them because they register in countries of convenience ... as a result, the somali pirates operated with impunity from 2000-2017 ...
Weak men have consequences.