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I think I'm going to do it. I'm going to watch Squid Game. This is the Squid Game thread, with Squid Game spoilers
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I'm putting episode 2 here. The thread would get unwieldy otherwise
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You know what I fucking forgot to tweet? "Kirito if you die in the game you die in real life." with a screencap of the first dude getting shot. fuck it would've been so funny. and now the moment is gone forever
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"If you just follow the rules you can leave safely" > interacting with American cops
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But the same people who defend cops think the pink guys in Squid Game have a point lmao. No saving them
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And I like how the only real way out of this is for everyone to collectively make the decision to defend themselves. Every player has to decide they don't want to. It's really, really well-positioned politically.
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They're doing a union vote, and the games use the promise of bonuses for a few to break the solidarity of the many
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And I like that per eliminated player the prize money grows, to get you thinking that you can personally beat the system and win, rather than the correct choice of ending the system of exploitation and death
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"It's just as bad out there as it is in here" the show is really obvious. this is a good thing, but it's funny how much of the discourse is like, not getting still somehow
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They fucking call it a democracy even though one group of people manufactured the circumstances behind the vote to suit their interests. Isn't that funny. It's almost as if it's a dictatorship of a certain class of people
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Two entire characters that cannot afford medical costs
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ALI FUCKIN MERC'D HIS BOSS, TOOK HIS PAYCHECK AND LEFT BEST CHARACTER. BASED. POGGERS. WOOBLIE PILLED
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Oh it's wobblie-pilled. Like the IWW
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A second character says that it's worse outside, in capitalism, than in the game. But please, I'm sooo confused what is this show trying to say??
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Seong Gi-Hun watched a guy die at work instead of being there for his child's birth, and then was laid off later. The show's criticism of capitalism is rather thorough. It's not just the debt and the violence, it also makes relationships impossible
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Wow I ended up finishing this episode. I am so tired. My homework is unfinished. Tomorrow is going to be hell. But I think this was worth it
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This is what a critique of capitalism looks like. What'll put Squid Game over the edge is if it starts advocating for any kind of socialism as a solution. So I'll look out for that
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I like that everyone that decides to go back quite literally has no choice. We're shown their options. they have none. The Squid Game isn't voluntary








