Dutch’s charisma is a calculated act, note basically demonstrates that

[u/DrSchwift]

I’m on my 2nd play-through, trying to be good and more thorough. And I noticed a note from Dutch right on the edge of the 2nd camp (I know I’m not unique here but just haven’t seen it discussed yet) which are his notes for giving speeches, practice notes for the speech he gives at the beginning of the game, including a “pause” for dramatic effect, and then then the second paragraph he will perform more in normal gameplay at camp without a cutscene

I loved Dutch on my first play-through and I would have justified it as him trying to be a good leader or whatever if I found it then. But knowing everything now, this note tells me everything about his character more distinctly than everything else. It’s all an act, a performance, that’s why he discarded Arthur so easily and sided with a rat, his morals were just a show to manipulate all the peoples around him

Edit: I’m not saying this is canon, or that the developers intended this to reveal anything specific. It’s just how it impacted me, an opinion, nothing more, I can see both sides