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Student @ University of Abuja
The Real Villian of Squid Game Was Capitalism?
<p>The scariest stories are the ones you volunteer for. The 456 players in bright green jumpsuits? The rich guys in scary masks? The guards in pink jumpsuits? The death games? They're just the set dressing.</p><p>The true horror of Squid Game is when a player, covered in the blood of their friends, looks you in the eyes and says, "I would do it all again". And you realize with a sinking feeling in your stomach, that you understand why.</p><p></p><p>The real nightmare isn't the game itself but the life that made playing the game a rational choice.</p><p></p><p>Think of the moment when the massacre stopped. After the first round, contestants were allowed to leave. Sure enough, they escape, traumatized, back to the safety of the real world. But get this, one by one, they beg and plead to come back.</p><p></p><p>Sang-woo, wanted for fraud. Gi-hun, unable to pay for his mother's healthcare. Sae-byeok, desperate to get her family out of a refugee camp. The real killer was debt. They didn't choose to be there out of greed, they were cornered into it.</p><p></p><p>Squid Game resonates with the world not because we fear Red Light, Green Light but because we recognize the feeling of this trap. The shame of financial failure. The anxiety that comes with debt. The feeling of desperation.</p><p></p><p>This isn't a fantasy, it's an allegory for most people's everyday lives.</p><p></p>
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