The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.B. Traven
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
by B. Traven · first published 1981
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Wiki mentions his left-wing anarchic persuasion. I admit I've only read "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", but I honestly can't see any political taint to his work. Sure, it highlights the evils of raw capitalism, but, outside of the anarcho-capitalists, I don't think you'll find much argument t here.…
on “B. Traven” ↗I always hated westerns, until I saw the outlaw Josey Wales, and later Unforgiven. The rest were just so formulaic and juvenile (especially the early Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns). Treasure of the Sierra Madre was good, though. The only bogart movie I ever liked.
on “Greatest Westerns of All Time” ↗Why is there such a complaint? Anonymity is a privilege of the author, isn't it? There are authors who remain anonymous even to this day, one I know is B. Traven, the author of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The precise authorship of individual articles in the Federalist papers is unknown. Also, I believe, if you really want to go that far back, the author of Ecclesiastes is not identified. And then there…
on “An Open Letter to Elena Ferrante, Whoever You Are” ↗…Library suffers from its own cultural preconceptions. If you want something that speaks for workers rights you could do worse than read B. Traven, but his work is barely available. Hollywood made the Treasure of the Sierra Madre into a film, so that one cannot be censored, however you can't grab the Mahogany cycle or the Wobbly - if you did the children might ask why the rent is too high! And those of a more conservative bent…
on “‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school” ↗…someone in their organization might get rich, and maybe they didn't deserve to get so rich. So what? They should worry about their company, not be squabbling over percentages. Reminds me of the end of "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." The prospect of real money seems to drive some people insane.
on “In defense of the Google chef” ↗Those laws existed, and most people found them legitimate. If you read the "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" closely, there's one scene where the protagonists see a group of riders, which the old guy, the leader of the gold miners, identifies as physicians that vaccinate all of Mexico against smallpox, by force,…
on “I’m an Anti-Braker” ↗The half-homeless protagonist of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre had at least a cage where he could lock his suitcase in. 2020's San Francisco is objectively worse than 1920's Tampico.
on “$700 a Month for a Bed-Sized “Pod” in Downtown SF? Techies Are Renting Them” ↗