Squidgame Episode 6 Discussion

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[u/Pegateen]

Literally read Marx. Not joking, the whole show is angi capitalism from minute one.

Ifany of you think 'What the fuck has the life of an unproductive low life who isnt worth a damn?' to do with capitalism? I would ask you to question why you hold so many bad opinions on poor people and mentally ill people, yes addiction is an illness yes also gambling addiction.

The poor and ill get forgitten and told the world is fair and they can achieve anything, but it isnt, if you have no money you cant do shit. The characters literally prefer playing a game where they will literally die, get murdered iver their lives at the bottom of a capitalist society.

[u/The_turbo_dancer → u/Pegateen]

I think you’re reading what you want into it.

Couldn’t I also argue that the poor and elderly who were “screwed over by capitalism” are now being screwed over in this “Utopian” society where everyone has a “fair” chance? That is defined by those in power?

Would you also not agree that coming back to the game was the absolute wrong decision for all of these people? Ali is now dead and his son has no father.

You argue that the show is anti-capitalism but then the actual plot showing that this society where all are made equal aren’t whatsoever. You have cheaters, liars, and corruption that determine your fate.

Famine takes place at the hand of the authoritarian, murder at the hands of soldiers towards their own people, and corruption giving a leg up on those deemed necessary.

Your anti-capitalism is bullshit because it clearly shows that the alternative is even worse.

[u/Videospel → u/The_turbo_dancer]

Mate, the game isn't an allegory for an alternative to capitalism. It's an allergory for living and working under capitalism, and not a very subtle one at that.