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I disagree. The roots of modern conservatism lie in capitalism, Christianity, and white privilege.

I'll give you maybe one of those three that could play a big part on this show.

I've maintained this whole time that there are surface level aspects of this show that are conservative, yes.

But the main story and writing revolves around the family structure and the preservation of it.

Wow. "liberal coastal elite" "screechy liberal shrew" "elite coastal education"

It seems to me that you're one of the ones taking it on surface level to stroke some sort of underlying irrational worldview of "coastal liberal elites."

This show is basically Sopranos with cowboys instead of cliche Italian mobsters. If you see anything more than that, then you have a bias that you can't get past to see the bigger picture.

I can't wait for this "conservative, right wing" show to drop a "liberal progress" bombshell at some point and force apparently half or more of the viewers to stop watching because Joe Rogan or Kanye West told them to.

Okay that's your opinion. But you're coming off as just a contrarian without providing a lot of evidence.

The bunkhouse guys' stories and development are just as interesting as the main characters, and their performances are endearing.

Beth, Rip, etc. are some of the better written characters on modern TV.

That might be a slight facade, because the dynamics of the family itself, which the show revolves around, are not conservative.

Surface level viewers will see the things you mentioned because that is as far as they want to go. Those things are only plot devices meant to reflect the real issues people in that region experience while push along the underlying story of the family.

Kevin Costner is behind this, and he's probably politically diverse. I've seen him as more of a classic libertarian (read pre-Gadsden Trump cultists) than anything. That's why you see him using things like private property rights as plot devices.

People that paint this as right leaning or pandering are the ones that almost pushed me away from watching. I am glad I didn't listen to them.

Somewhat. But that doesn't make it right leaning. These people are definitely not religious (nor do they even fake it,) they only care about politics in that they want to preserve their own empire (okay, this might SLIGHTLY be conservative,) and centers moreso around the complicated family dynamics that come with power.

It is more Sopranos than anything conservative or right-wing.

It absolutely is not about people on the political right.

Are there some right leaning things like guns, etc. Sure. Sure, there's a big family with big money from doing cowboy/rancher things.

But the politics in this show are very neutral and aren't a huge part of the story.

I was hesitant to watch it because I assumed it would be some sort of conservative circle-jerk based on who I noticed talking about it.

We binged the first three seasons before the 4th aired.

It is definitely worth it. The writing is up there with some of the best shows in TV. The characters are very well cast and portrayed. And the politics (what little there are) are more to do with locally regional fictitious politics and nothing that really seemed off-putting to me.

I would highly recommend.

For reference, I am a huge GoT fan, BB fan, etc. I would confidently say that Yellowstone is easily a top 10 modern television show and would even rank some episodes/moments as top five.

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