Deadwood, like all westerns - such as The Proposition - sits at the cusp between colonisation and industrialisation, between the theft of land and landed property, lawless plunder and legalised exploitation - and, in this case, between the individual rush for gold and the emergence of a mining industry. 
The world is full o’ complainers. An’ the fact is, nothin’ comes with a guarantee. Now I don’t care if you’re the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin’ can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y’know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, ‘n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else … that’s the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an’ down here … you’re on your own. – Visser, PI.
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