Martin Scorsese's new film Gangs of New York makes clear that all our glorious oratory about freedom and independence only hides the fact that we have always been — and remain still — a land of violence in which the most vicious rule and that might indeed makes right. And yet I haven't seen a single review of this film that points this out. As the film begins, we learn that the "natives," men like Bill the Butcher, born and raised in America and whose fathers fought for control, or "independence," must continue to fight for control. In the film's … Continue reading On Gangs of New York