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Westerns died when America became ashamed of its own foundation.
The genre was never just about cowboys and shootouts. It was about land, blood, and destiny. After 1964, that spirit became untouchable. You could no longer tell stories about taming the frontier without being accused of racism.
What came after was hollow. Spaghetti Westerns had the gunfights and the music but none of the soul. They were not about America. They were just Marvel cowboy movies, loud and stylized with no roots in history or belief.
The frontier spirit was buried, not by enemies, but by a country that forgot what it once stood for.