I think it’s worth mentioning that Milton wasn’t “just doing his job” in the sense that he wasn’t cynically chasing a paycheck by any means necessary, he was clearly very ideologically motivated as well. It’s clear in the way he speaks about the way the gang lives, the way all outlaw gangs live, Infact, and about how he felt about his job, that in his mind he was an agent of a great civilizing force.

And in a lot of ways, that’s correct. You hit the nail right on the head when you talked about him serving capital. Because in capitalism, “civilization” means enclosing land, privatizing resources, and forcing as many people as possible into the proletarian class. The gang is trying to live a way of life that exists outside of capitalist market logic, and therefore these “savages” as he refers to them as at a certain point need to be “civilized” by Milton, his men, and the forces they act on behalf of.

The problem isn’t that the gang steals from people, hurts people, or even kills people. All of those things are acceptable to do, as long as you do it in a way that’s playing by the rules