• #48 'Gunsmoke and Mirrors' - Ep 2 Was the Wild West wild?

  • May 8 2024
  • Length: 37 mins
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#48 'Gunsmoke and Mirrors' - Ep 2 Was the Wild West wild?

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  • What was the driving force behind the settlement of the American west? Was it the so-called ‘anarchocapitalism’ so admired by the Hoover Institution and some of the followers of President Trump? The violence they fetishize turns out to have been only in those places populated by young men – we’re talking not just cowpokes or gold and silver prospectors, but also vigilantes in the towns back east. The majority of frontiers-people were peaceful Americans.

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