Reading The Pirates of Panama; The Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Exquemelin. The author was a pirate until 1672 and writes his experience first hand, one of the few rare books with direct exposure. At one part he talks about how they would decide together on how much they would split before - starting with the captain, the carpenter, surgeon, common stock allocation on food and medical supplies, and split equally for the rest. Those who lose limbs or impacted health wise will be compensated (amount discussed before hand). Everybody gets a say. The book also talks about how civil and helpful they are towards each other. Way more democracy going on there compared to governments these days.