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💔 Do You Still Have Faith in People?

A symbolic digital painting of a dystopian playground where a man with gray dreadlocks kneels holding a baby in player uniform 222. Around him, players push others off a rope stretched over a pit. A broken scoreboard flickers with the words “Faith,” “Choice,” and “Loyalty.” The man glows with a blue aura, symbolizing compassion and defiance.

In the final chapter of The Game Is Rigged, we explore how Squid Game Season 3 confronts not just systems of oppression, but the people who sustain them. From mothers forced to play in the name of love, to survivors turned enforcers, this season reveals how power survives through internalized rules and moral illusions. But in the end, a single irrational act — compassion without reward — breaks the game’s logic. This is not just about Squid Game. It’s about us.

🧠 Even When You Know the Truth: Squid Game Season 2 and the Trap of Manufactured Belief

A man in a red suit walks through a futuristic plaza, his reflection wearing a Squid Game mask. Neon signs, drones, and holograms represent false freedom in a capitalist dreamworld.

What happens when you know the system is broken… but you keep playing anyway?

In Squid Game Season 2, players return to the game even after seeing the truth. This post explores why awareness alone isn’t enough to escape — and how capitalism conditions us to mistrust whistleblowers, justify cruelty, and call exploitation “freedom.”

Inspired by Ha-Joon Chang’s 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism, this second article unpacks belief, complicity, and the corruption of survival in a system that demands silence over change.

🎮 The Game Is Rigged: Squid Game, Capitalism, and the Illusion of Free Choice

What if the greatest trick capitalism ever pulled was convincing us that our suffering was our own fault?
In Squid Game, 456 people "choose" to compete for survival. But what they’re really choosing is a system that was never built for them to win. The show doesn’t just critique inequality — it confronts something darker: our tendency to justify cruelty as long as it’s wrapped in the language of consent.
“They signed up. They knew the risks.”
We say that about the show’s players. But we also say it about gig workers, debt-ridden students, sweatshop laborers — anyone crushed under an economy that claims to offer freedom but delivers desperation.
This blog post unpacks seven moments from Squid Game that mirror real-world economic traps — and ties them to the uncomfortable truths Ha-Joon Chang reveals in 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism.
If you've ever wondered why the game feels familiar, this is your answer.