I haven’t changed my mind on Yellowstone being run by a bunch of liberal Democrats. But as I have said, until a few weeks ago, I had never seen a single episode. However, everywhere I go, including in the park, everyone asks me if I dress as I do as part of the “Yellowstone” look inspired by the show. Of course, the answer is no. I have dressed the way I do my entire life, well before Yellowstone came along. But as I said, I always hear references to that popular Paramount Network show thrown in my direction, so I thought I’d finally check it out with my wife. We enjoy watching shows on various streaming services, but usually, there isn’t much time for that kind of thing. We travel a lot, and I’m involved with a lot, so there hasn’t been a window to sit down and watch a show like Yellowstone, which is now in its fifth season. But now we’re all caught up over the last three weeks, and I can say it’s a good show. I get what they are trying to say, and a couple of themes crucial to the consciousness of America are emerging here that are certainly worth discussing. The show itself, as written and produced by the actor, Taylor Sheridan is quite a commentary on the role and value of American life. One of my big hang-ups was Kevin Costner, who starred in the show. He has been in many good westerns, but he also supported Liz Chenay over Trump, so he kept my interest away from the show until I knew more about how his role would play out. But Yellowstone, in every way, is good stuff, excellent entertainment. And I’m not surprised that America has fallen in love with the show as the best entertainment that is currently available, anywhere.
A few years ago, as the Biden administration was put in place by corrupt globalists intent on the destruction of America, I went out west with my entire family to get away from it for a while. We traveled to Yellowstone specifically in our convoy of RVs, which was the trip of a lifetime. Along those lines, we found ourselves in Cody, Wyoming, on a hot night in the summer of rodeo season. So we all went out to dinner from our very excellent campsite and went into town to experience an authentic rodeo, and it was one of the best nights I had ever had. My whole family was there with me to experience it, kids, grandkids, and others and I hated Joe Biden and his kind of people so much that a night in Cody, Wyoming, was just the right thing for me, which was a very American flag waving sort of MAGA patriotism. Leading up to that rodeo, we had all traveled through South Dakota, to Mt. Rushmore and Deadwood, around the areas where the Sturgis Bike Rally always occurs, so we were having a wonderful time rooted deep in the heart of America and the kind of people who most make sense to me. Additionally, we spent a few days in Yellowstone Park, seeing all the famous sites worldwide. We were in the exact areas where the show Yellowstone took place. So much so that everywhere I went, people asked me if I liked the show because it reminded them of John Dutton, the way I dressed and walked. I didn’t know who that was. It turned out to be the Kevin Costner character, which wasn’t something I took as a compliment. I’ve also had many local people refer to me as Rip because of my role in the community. I didn’t know what that meant. But I do now, and I get it. I understand all the references. But the whole time we were at Yellowstone, the actual place, and people were deep in the show then; I hadn’t yet watched a single episode. But now that I have, and having been there for an extended period, I think I have had a unique perspective on the whole movement in America that is going on behind the scenes, starting with that region of the world and this television show that has managed to capture that spirit in a bottle for all to enjoy.
There are a couple of significant takeaways from the Yellowstone shows that are specific to our times as America struggles to define itself in the wake of an apparent communist invasion that has taken over our government and financial system. The first is that hard work is the way to bring morality to any good culture. That is the constant theme of the show, where characters faltering on their moral compass find redemption through challenging work, which always tends to fix anything. That is very much a message I support, and I am dazzled to see that a television show meant for mass audiences has been willing to tackle this critical issue. They used to make television shows like this; Little House on the Prairie comes to mind. And that this show is being made now says more than what might be assumed from a popular entertainment option. It has the same values as that night at the rodeo I talked about in Cody, Wyoming. Good stuff!
But the second thing, which is the whole background of the entire show, is the nature of human beings themselves. It also centers around the premise of evil and what causes it, which is that when you work hard to build something, there is always some lazy loser nearby who wants to take it from you. When you work hard, parasites always want to steal your hard work so they can have the benefits of what you have built, because they are too lazy to obtain it for themselves. That something could be land, a woman, a new cowboy hat. It could be anything. But the core of the discussion is that there will always be those who want to take value from those who do create it. And that if you really want to have a civil society, you must protect those with government who produce value. Not to use government to protect and empower the parasites, and that is the essence of everything the Yellowstone show is all about. If I hadn’t been there myself and thought hard about these things, I don’t know if it would be so clear. I don’t know that the creators of Yellowstone were conscious of those traits. I think Taylor Sheridon left Hollywood to learn ranching out in the flyover states and fell in love with the lifestyle I talked about in places like Cody, Wyoming, during rodeo season, which goes on every night during the summer. He and the cast and crew were talented enough to capture some of that magic into a magnificent show. But more than that, likely not to their liking, it is the essential political platform for the MAGA movement with Trump at its head. The anti-communist political party doesn’t want takers with government alliances to steal what we worked hard to build: our families, homes, and lives in every way. Because that is the essence of life in the West, what made Western expansion necessary and even justified? And why do the progressives of our day, the renamed communists from the global Marxist movement, want so badly to destroy our view of Western life? I dress the way I do to spit in the face of those Marxist ideas. And seeing the rest of the world catching up is enjoyable, which I’m very happy to see.
One of my daughters is a professional photographer, and she was with me when I bought a new hat at Jackson Hole. And I was doing a bit of a photoshoot at the west end of the square, a spot sacred to me because it’s where Clint Eastwood finished the fight in one of his movies, Any Which Way You Can. People watching assumed I was part of some entertainment company the way people were gathered around me, and people kept asking me if I was a stunt double for Kevin Costner’s character in Yellowstone, which, of course, I said no. I had never seen the show. However, for the people in Jackson that day, it was more about the spirit of the show they were thinking about, what it meant to America, and why they were even in Jackson Hole. They saw me with my big cowboy hat purchased right there on the square with its giant 4” brim, and they wanted to meet the characters they saw on that show in real life. Because they wanted to see an America that wasn’t fiction but something they could believe in. Based on my experiences in that actual region, and now watching that show with an eye toward its cultural significance, I think we are in for a promising future in America, where the communists are going to be beaten back from their European roots in ways they can’t even imagine, currently. And Yellowstone, the show, is part of that process by way of art and entertainment, followed by actual social expectations.
Rich Hoffman
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