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Podcast: The Dollar Vigilante
Episode: Squid Game Is Our New Normal
Description:
In a competitive society, not everyone wins.Â
And, not everyone has a fair chance of winning.Â
The same is true of most games.Â
Now, put survival into the mix…
Squid Game speaks to a long-standing fascination with the idea of gamifying survival – similar to the many dystopian movies like The Hunger Games who pit the downtrodden against each other in battle arenas. If they lose, they die in terrifying and inhumane ways — all while a group of billionaires watch for their own voyeuristic pleasure.
Winner takes all, losers die, and parti...