Proto Himbo European on Nostr: As someone who grew up around lots of bolo ties and cowboy boots, I like to remember ...

As someone who grew up around lots of bolo ties and cowboy boots, I like to remember that cowboys weren't what TV has shown us. They were generally poor, disenfranchised, and often abused. In many cases they formed unions or full-on socialist collectives. They were definitely not all white, either; lots of cowboys were Black, Hispanic, Native American, and (IIRC) Asian.

This doesn't change what's in the minds of many 21st-century "cowboys" cosplaying their misunderstanding of the history, but it makes me feel better, anyway.