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Figure 1.5. Romdó Suyá, political and ceremonial leader of the Suyá people, Xingu
Indigenous Park, 1999.
BANG-BANG: CAPITALISM, CALCULUS, AND CASTLES OF DREAMS
Antonio returns to the Diauarum Indigenous Post the following day in his motor
boat, boasting about his most recent acquisitions: a blonde mistress, a rifle, three
heads of cattle, and five bottles of whiskey. After rehearsing his speech on “what a
waste of time it is for a person with [my] looks and education to spend such precious
years of [my] life trying to teach savages how to count,” Antonio tells me his plans
for the future:
Unlike you, I make good money here 11 ... I bought a farm nearby where I
have 65 head of cattle. I am getting rich, rich! That's why I can tolerate these
goddamn Indians, the mosquitoes, the filth... I just need a few more years until
I retire, and that'll be it. I'll have enough money for yet another farm, more
cattle, and I've just heard there are mining lots for sale at the Castelo dos
Sonhos [Castle of Dreams]. [January 1982] 12
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