That's the mark of a good con-man. They'll tell you exactly what you want to hear and sincerely believe their own BS.

You're not wrong, but what you're describing is a reason for China to make a move now instead of later.

The problem is from China's standpoint there will probably never be a better time than now. What are they going to do, wait another couple years and give Taiwan more time to prepare, give the US more time to assist Taiwan, and give the chip ban more time to bite?

They may also be betting that the US doesn't want to deal with multiple fronts at once between assisting Ukraine and also needing to come to Taiwan's aid, even though we will because we don't have a choice until we've built up the supply chain at home.

What you mean you can't have a fully automatic shootout into the middle of town, literally hang a dude, and make multiple people simply "disappear" without any investigation or blowback at all?

Even still, I agree, it's a fun show.

> Unfortunately the producers are now using it to advertise their spinoffs

To be fair, 1883 was actually really solid with a good cast and a great story. I'm kind of looking forward to 1923 too. Harrison Ford, Timothy Dalton, and Robert Patrick? Yes please.

Agreed with the rest of your comment. I feel like most of the rodeo stuff is nothing but masterbatory filler on Taylor Sheridan's part.

> LOL, Beth is a walking cliche "bad boss bitch." Her scenes are nigh unwatchable.

Ugh, so much this. She has a couple of good scenes in the earlier seasons, but later everything she says is straight out of the cesspit. I literally started cringing when she came on screen by season 4.

I feel like they made their point with her character and then just ran it right into the ground.