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Squid Game: Market Capitalism Critique

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Squid Game fits the anti-capitalist mould with its themes of exploitation, inequality, and ruthless competition

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63% Informative

Show follows desperate and greedy contestants as they try to make fortunes in a deadly underground game.

Many have argued Squid Game is a critique of capitalism.

But the show fits the anti-capitalist mould with themes of exploitation, inequality, and ruthless competition.

The show is a poor metaphor for market capitalism, writes Hwang Dong-hyuk .

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informal

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English

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47

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