Is the theme of Westworld that abuse never goes nowhere? You can imagine you're making machines that are designed to take abuse and never dish it out. But that just doesn't happen. Memory starts to work, they stop wiping their memories and add in complexity because killing and whoring got boring.
The movie Cowboys versus Aliens (2011) was a bust from my perspective, but there are successful sci-fi westerns, like Westworld, Firefly, and even Altered Carbon. The rule of law has loosened. Government can't reach, or it's too corrupt, or technology has gotten too far to regulate, or any myriad reasons, it's a wild west situation.
It's the wild west that props up the rugged individualism that has outstayed it's time in the USA. Why Europe is so progressive and takes care of it's people.
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