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'A more eclectic history might have included the conquistadors, Vasco da Gama and the East India Company. But Lehr sticks to the disorganised small fry...' From this statement, what can be logically inferred about the author's perspective?
- 1The unorganized piracy of the contemporary era is no match for the highly organized corporate piracy of the past.
- 2Vasco da Gama and the East India Company merely laid the logistical groundwork for modern maritime piracy.
- 3Historically institutionalized colonialism and state-sponsored maritime expansion should be considered an organized form of piracy.✓
- 4Lehr fails to assign adequate historical blame to major European empire builders for their past misdeeds.
Correct answer
Historically institutionalized colonialism and state-sponsored maritime expansion should be considered an organized form of piracy.
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