Society, discovered.
Deadwood, seasons two and three especially, is like watching Polanyi's "Great Transformation" in action.
'To sum up. The countermove against economic liberalism and laissez-faire possessed all the unmistakable characteristics of a spontaneous reaction. At innumerable disconnected points it set in without any traceable links between the interests directly affected or any ideological conformity between them. Even in the settlement of one and the same problem as in the case of workmen's compensation, solutions switched over from individualistic to "collectivistic," from liberal to antiliberal, from "laissez-faire" to interventionist forms without any change in the economic interest, the ideological influences or political forces in play, merely as a result of the increasing realization of the nature of the problem in question.'
--Karl Polanyi
"I don’t give a fuck about unions, Mr. Hearst. Nor do I have any objection to the killing of the Cornish as high-graders-aggregating organizing cocksuckers. But bloodletting on my premises that I ain’t approved I take as a fucking affront. It puts me off my feed."
--Al Swearengen (Deadwood Season 3, Episode 2)
'To sum up. The countermove against economic liberalism and laissez-faire possessed all the unmistakable characteristics of a spontaneous reaction. At innumerable disconnected points it set in without any traceable links between the interests directly affected or any ideological conformity between them. Even in the settlement of one and the same problem as in the case of workmen's compensation, solutions switched over from individualistic to "collectivistic," from liberal to antiliberal, from "laissez-faire" to interventionist forms without any change in the economic interest, the ideological influences or political forces in play, merely as a result of the increasing realization of the nature of the problem in question.'
--Karl Polanyi
"I don’t give a fuck about unions, Mr. Hearst. Nor do I have any objection to the killing of the Cornish as high-graders-aggregating organizing cocksuckers. But bloodletting on my premises that I ain’t approved I take as a fucking affront. It puts me off my feed."
--Al Swearengen (Deadwood Season 3, Episode 2)