the way they're sitting here is so funny to me. these three big men on this little couch. dutch and john over there manspreading, squishing arthur's big ass in the middle.
Men are fixated on greed, on desire, and on the acquisition not of experiences or pleasure but the ability to aquire. People are fixated on wealth. Man is reduced to the desire for desire. Wanting is all that matters. Not loving, not being, not having, but wanting. We are killers for desire. Even sport would be preferable. This is the grand sickness, the eternal sickness of this land - it is, man unleashed.
The first couple months were difficult to adjust for John. All he wanted to do was be a bandit and go out shooting with the gang. Like all gang members, they had to pay their dues by doing the chores around camp. He finds Arthur's cattleman revolver and takes it out for a spin. And guess who catches him.