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May 4, 2023·edited May 4, 2023Liked by Robert F. Graboyes

Great article, as usual. Thanks

Whenever I read about the movie, I think about this animated film.

https://youtu.be/lJwRVeqZC5Q

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All hail the Bavarian Soviet Republic. I love their housing regulations and monetary policy. Plus declaring war on Switzerland. Woody Allen must have been inspired by them when he made the movie Bananas. A Fidel Castro type figure had just taken over a Latin American country, and immediately proclaimed three laws.

1. From now on, the official language of our country is Swedish

2. Everybody who is under 17.... is 17

3. Everybody has to change their underwear 3 times a day. And wear it on the outside, so we can check.

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What a great article! Really, really interesting.

I haven't thought about B. Travers in ages. About 25 years ago I went through a period of fiction consumption that could be called "Virile Manhood Lit" in which I inhaled most of the output of John Buchan, Dashiell Hammett, Frank H. Spearman, Nevil Shute, Wallace Stegner, Graham Greene...and B. Travers. I had no idea he was such a shadowy figure. Most of libertarians I've known through the years cite "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" as one of their favorite films. There's another one, "Lonely Are the Brave" that might interest if you if you haven't seen it already. Screenplay by HUAC blacklisted Dalton Trumbo, from a novel by future eco-anarchist monkeywrencher Edward Abbey, starring tough guy Kirk Douglas -- and libertarians love it!

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The guy was a nutcase who imagined that he and the Pope were tight. Probably delusional. He was pissed at Switzerland for refusing to lend Bavaria 60 locomotives.

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May 5, 2023Liked by Robert F. Graboyes

Imagine such a world, where lawyers weren't needed. Contracts were affirmed with handshakes, and breaches settled with handguns.

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