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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.

🧠 āϝāĻ–āύ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻ“ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āύāϝāĻŧ: āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āχāĻĄ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āϏāĻŋāϜāύ ⧍ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ

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.

āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽāϟāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻžâ€Ļ āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāύ — āϕ⧇āύ?

Squid Game āϏāĻŋāϜāύ ⧍-āĻ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϗ⧇āĻŽā§‡, āϝāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϕ⧇āύ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āύāϝāĻŧ — āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āρāϜāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇, āφāϰ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖāϕ⧇āχ "āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ" āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤

āĻšāĻž-āϜ⧁āύ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚-āĻāϰ ā§¨ā§ŠāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ—āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ — āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤

🧠 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 brokenâ€Ļ 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.

🎮 āϗ⧇āĻŽāϟāĻž āφāϗ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋: āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āχāĻĄ āϗ⧇āĻŽ, āĻĒ⧁āρāϜāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āχāĻĄ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āϝ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡â€”
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāϤāĻž āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāχ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧇āω “āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧ” āϤāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ?

āĻāχ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ—āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϏāĻžāϤāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āχāĻĄ āϗ⧇āĻŽ-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āρāϜāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻšāĻž-āϜ⧁āύ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚-āĻāϰ â€œā§¨ā§ŠāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻžâ€ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›ā§‡â€”āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋āχ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ’ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāχ āĻ›āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻ•āϤāĻžāĨ¤

🎮 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.