How Squid Game Deconstructs Capitalism - Its Historical and Real Life Inspirations

SQUID GAME IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT ABOUT COMMUNISM, SMH

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Thread on how Squid Game reflects real South Korean issues:   / 1448707023349194753  

Ssangyong factory's struggle: https://www.leftvoice.org/ssangyong-f...
Squid Game reaction by an ex Ssangyong employee: https://twitter.com/gatamchun/status/...
Ssangyong motors strike in South Korea ends in defeat and heavy repression: https://libcom.org/news/ssangyong-mot...
‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea: https://apnews.com/article/squid-game...
The Real-Life Auto Strike Behind the Runaway Netflix Hit Squid Game: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/...

Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation: https://www.theatlantic.com/internati...

Thread on the atrocities American imperialism committed in South Korea:   / 1378401391245418500  
Uncovering the Hidden History of the Korean War: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/korean...
Article on how America has war-time command over the South Korean military: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/08...
Mass killings in South Korean history: https://twitter.com/hermit_hwarang/st...
How America violently put down South Korea's Autumn Uprising:   / 1443965931772841985  

Podcast on how Squid Game reflects South Korea's history and society: https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosp...
Squid Game & the Rise of Anti-Capitalist Entertainment: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/squi...
Interview with Squid Game creator: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...
Private lending in South Korea: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/...

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