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This excellent phrase is age-specific, meaning that the younger set has probably not heard of it.
Dodge City, Kansas, a notorious cow town in the late 1800s, played a significant role in American history, characterized by anarchy and lawlessness. Yet, it held a unique allure for those interested in the American West.
Dodge City also became a boom town, with two peace officers, Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, arriving to tame the villains and the wildness.
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The two renowned peace officers were tasked with restoring peace in the town, demonstrating their bravery and commitment to justice.
The life and times of Dodge City, Wyatt Earp, and the notorious town in the American West have been immortalized in movies, books, and cartoons, creating a cultural legacy that continues to fascinate and inspire.
The town of Dodge City, with its rich history of lawlessness and subsequent taming, inspired the creation of the series, Gunsmoke (1952-1975), which depicted the challenges and triumphs of law enforcement in the American West.
In many respects, this comment is appropriate for those who see California as a Marxist redistribution state. High regulations, high taxes, high prices, high legal costs, high welfare, high homelessness, high crime, and constantly issuing thousands of new laws and rules yearly to pick the pockets and control the productive people.
Additionally, the subsets of the rich, Hollywood, and government institutions include bureaucrats. Take a drive up to L.A. and witness firsthand the potholes, the homeless, and all the boarded-up shopping centers from failure to rein in criminal gangs engaging in smash-and-grab. The centralized governance under Mayor Karen Bass serves only to pander to her left-wing constituents, as seen in the Los Angeles Riots and burns.
Observing Los Angeles is similar to the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, which seized power in Russia and led to the establishment of the Russian Communist Party. The primary difference is that the Marxists now have masses of paid demonstrators and rioters attempting to destroy private enterprise and overthrow the government.
It pays to be a government employee and a labor union member with monopoly powers to dictate your compensation
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cost-restoring-order-los-angeles
As Rome, (LA) burns to the ground with the Pasasides and Eaton fires, where 16,000 structures burned to the ground, only about 75 permits have been issued due to the regulatory quagmire.
California continues to pass laws unabated that make it more difficult to build or secure loans on single-family 1-4 unit real properties.
https://thesunflower.com/72259/opinion/review-where-the-phrase-get-out-of-dodge-comes-from/
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/06/no_author/slave-labor-wont-save-america/