83 - Mantopia and the Wild West

I'm going to cover something that's been on my mind for a while. And that topic is the wild west or the mantopia as I've coined it. When I'm talking about the Wild West I'm referring to a specific period of the time in the mid to late nineteenth century in two countries. Those places being the United States and Australia. When people watch wild west films they are often set in the Western United States. And most people will be shocked to learn that part of Australia also had a version of the wild west. It was

about settling a hot and dry climate just like the gold rush in California. As the industrial revolution and the railroad were starting to gain momentum in North America and Australia those two countries opened up gold mining to the public for the first time in history. In the past most countries were ruled by Monarchs and the gold in and on the ground was owned by the monarchs. And hence it was illegal for men to dig up the gold that belonged to the

king or queen. So when gold was discovered in California in 1848 the mining was opened up to everyone. People from the Eastern United States rushed to find gold in the South West of America. All of the pictures I'm showing you in this video are from a small gold rush town call Ballarat in Australia. But getting back to the idea that the Wild West was a Mantopia. It has a lot to do with the idea that in many early mining towns there were no women besides the prostitutes that followed the miners. If you watch the AMC show called Hell on Wheels you'll also see the prostitutes that follow the railway workers across the plains. The early wild west was so devoid of female influence that men were free to gamble, drink and take financial risks they would never be able to take if they were married. Men were free to do anything they wanted because the law was also loose just like the women. Men were the most free they had been in all of civilized history. Local lawmen were unable to police the frontier properly. Women were not there to nag and tell men what to do. And there were no monarchs or governments to tax men. That's why I see that period

of time in history as the ultimate Mantopia. If anyone has any other ideas about what the ideal society for men looks like I'd love to hear it.

How the Wild West was tamed by MAIL-ORDER BRIDES

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