A New Book From The Ludwig Von Mises
Institute
The book is titled “Commie
Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre” and authored
by McMaken, Ryan W.
In this book, I admit I have
not read it, the author claims that well known cowboy movies from the post
World War II period by such renown directors as John Ford, Howard Hawks, or
Anthony Mann contain significant anti Capitalist messages.
Here is a salient quote from
the book’s advertisement:
“Ryan McMaken shows that the
Western is in fact often anti-capitalist, and in many ways, the genre attacks
the dominant ideology of nineteenth-century America: classical liberalism. … In
addition to attacks on capitalism, the Western attacks other prized values of
the bourgeois middle classes including Christianity, education and
urbanization.”
Subversion Made In Hollywood
It is kind of established that
a majority of academia in the US is left leaning, progressive minded and for
big government.
I would not be surprised if
something similar has not occurred in the US film industry. From the
perspective of Socialist minded people with influence what would have more a
subtle or not so subtle impact on millions of unsuspecting viewers of every age
year after year than movies with subversive messages. To distribute political
messages via popular movies is a temptation do gooders or progressives cannot
resist.
Mary Poppins
I plan to write a blog on this
movie, because, in my opinion, it is full of subversive messages against
Capitalism and moral values.
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