Episode 95 – The Magnificent Seven (55:52)

We explore some cinematic history covering a few iterations of the Magnificent Seven and Seven Samurai story that starts out fairly libertarian, but each iteration gets less and less so.

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We cover the original where Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action western tale that launched the film careers of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn.

And we also discuss the newer one by Director Antoine Fuqua who brings a modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With a small town under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople seek protection from seven outlaws (Washington, Pratt, Hawke). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown, the seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

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A man in black recruits six hired guns to lead Mexican villagers against an outlaw’s gang. Directed by John Sturges.


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During the episode we talked a bit about private law, non-state justice systems, the myth of the robber barons and how the west wasn’t actually so wild.

Here are some resources:

Liberty Weekly non-state justice episode:

Non-State Justice Systems: A Primer Ep. 36

Principled Libertarian private justice article:

Private Justice During San Francisco’s Gold Rush

Myth of the Robber Barons:

https://fee.org/articles/how-the-myth-of-the-robber-barons-began-and-why-it-persists/

The Not-so Wild Wild West:

https://mises.org/library/not-so-wild-wild-west

And here is a short clip of Rothbard talking about private law:

Finally, here is the episode of Peaceful Treason that we referred to when discussing culpability between an order giver and an order doer in both a for hire situation and in compulsory situation:

http://peacefultreason.com/blurred-lines

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