Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
As you rightly point out the current options are squalor or pop on a boat and grab some hard currency. Worst case you get to visit another country for a bit.

If a significant percentage of pirates did not return home the perceptions would change about the risk:benefit.

Hammering villages only indicates that there is almost equal risk on going to sea as staying on land and is counter productive.

Pompey's solution was to resettle them in inland areas elsewhere where there were other ways to make a livelihood.