Deadwood makes this point as well.

Here’s another fact: the west wasn’t tamed, it was pillaged. First Cow is a soft-spoken critique of capitalism because the entire western genre is about capitalism. Every western movie or TV show deals with money, poker chips, and gold. The plots are all about robbing banks and stagecoaches and trains. The western is the 20th Century trying to make sense of the 19th Century, an era of sorrow and hardship and impossible economic growth.
America Has Always Been A Brutal, Lonely Wilderness
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Deadwood makes this point as well.
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Photography, you have always been a jealous bride. I will always love you — I’m just no longer in love.
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