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Now that I look at his later work retrospectively and more closely in hindsight, I can see he had a penchant for anti-establishment libertarian roles which, ultimately, are conservative and all supportive of gun culture. Taylor in Planet of the Apes, for example. He was of the establishment but he hated it and he let it be known he did. Neville in The Omega Man, maintaining his well-armed materialistic individualism amidst an onslaught from the socialistic mutant tribe. Thorn in Soylent Green where he transforms from establishment lackey enforcer to enemy number one of the establishment when he uncovers the horrible dirty little secret — that Soylent Green is people.

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