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Is the anarchy and chaotic violence of the American Frontier exaggerated in the Western genre?
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There’s always more to say on the subject, but you might be interested in this previous answer:
After playing a ton of Red Dead Redemption, I began to wonder; how often did "outlaws" in the "Wild West" commit murder without being caught or, more specifically, without being identified?
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