Squid Game | Deeper Than You Think 

I really enjoyed your work on colour in Fargo, and was delighted that you'd commented on Squid Game.

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Gold to represent the corrupting influence of greed, and blue to represent the better angels of out nature are used throughout Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill transforms into Saul Goodman. For me the overriding theme of Squid Game is the tension between the human and the inhumane, and how the former is consumed by the latter when survival is at stake. My mom was a survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. This series captured the sense of looming death that hung over her head from the first days of the Lodz ghetto until her liberation in the spring of 1945. She played the Squid Game for five years.

Small complaint, North Korea isn't actually communist. Starting in the 90's they began replacing the ideology with something called juche, which is essentially communism, but the class structure is seen as good.

Another great video, would love to see you do a video about arrival. One of my favourite movies and I'm sure you'd leave me enjoying it in new says

It’s funny, I feel like half the stories I hear about Squid Game are about it’s anti-capitalist message, and the other half are about how it made nine hundred million dollars for Netflix.

The hair clip isn't just those shapes put together it is the actual squid game play arena.

Don’t hate the Squid Player baby, hate the Squid Game.

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The evil, the greedy, the one who doesn't feel the tug of conscience rises to the top, they corrupt every system to serve them. Humanity is not wholly good or wholly evil. We have the capacity for both, but good tends to thrive in little bubbles while the evil tends to be an oppressive cloud. Evil in society is always more powerful, but good always perseveres and survives. If and when all good is extinguished, the spirit of humanity would've died, and soon after the whole civilization.

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yup, doesnt matter the system, mankind will imbue it with evil

Excellent video. All systems fail because greedy men (so far) capture them. It doesn't matter if it's capitalism or communism or anything in between nor outside of it. When power is concentrated in the hands of a small number of men - whether via accumulated wealth, through violence, or through the manipulation and exploitation of governmental / state structures - then whatever economic or political system they are in is bound to be exploited without very very stringent and strong structures in place that disincentive that socially destructive desire for greed and directly encourage (to play on man's own flaws, such as greed, but direct it in a way that does not consolidate their power further

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I really appreciate a video on Squid Game different than all the other ones so far. The opposition you highlight that's presented in the show between domestic and foreign, the national and the international is a great point, and probably explains much better the problem with capitalism others point to. Capitalism is of course an universal ideology. Logically free trade isn't limited to national borders but should apply to the whole world. Buying and selling goods across the world is one thing, the free movement of capital and labor are another. Opponents tend to focus on the former, as can be seen in the reaction to Squid Game, instead of the former, which the show also doesn't comment much on. Nevertheless, I do not believe Squid Game blames it all on capitalism, alternatively, it's centered around the fallibility of humans, their proneness to make mistakes and the consequences of making them. The two finalists, the main character and his childhood friend, are clear representatives of personal failures who didn't fix them but doubled down instead. 456 is a lazy bum who doesn't work and gambles away his mother's money, while 218 (his friend) failed making good trades in the foreign exchange market. While it is true to say their problems are due to capitalism, after all, there is no gambling or a foreign exchange market in North Korea, they only have this 'freedom' in a developed capitalist country. However, their problems can't be blamed on capitalism itself. Instead it was their own behavior, their own mistakes, which led them to the debt they have now, mistakes they couldn't have made without capitalism in the first place. Once again debt wouldn't be an issue in North Korea, since there's also no possibility of borrowing money to try and be successful in the first place. The difference is that in North Korea everyone is enslaved, while in South Korea only those who make mistakes and double down on them become victims of "debt bondage". There are two more things I think the show expresses. First, the show demonstrates that democracy is an illusion. When the characters start the vote to determine whether the game will end or not they have an unequal amount, which means a 50/50 split isn't possible. As each participant votes, both sides remain roughly equal until the last person has to vote. At this point the score is dead even and the final person will determine the outcome of the vote. This person also happens to be the old man who owns and runs the entire thing. This is, in my consideration, a very accurate demonstration of how useless democracy actually is. The show portrays, provided that there's a clear majority, your side would have won/lost without your participation anyway. Thus, your vote doesn't matter unless you're the deciding vote. But who decides what the final vote is anyway? In the show it's the old man who had control over the final say in the vote, but also on the rules by making them in the first place. In real life, the last election cycle showed how fragile and open to subversion a voting process is and the power elites have over the entire process. Finally, the show points out this game is an elaborate scheme to satisfy the depraved lusts of high ranking elites throughout the world who travel all over the globe to engage in these depraving activities. Everyone who knows of Jeffrey Epstein knows this is essentially true. I'll admit that they probably don't have a bloody game show like this. Instead, they are satisfied with touching minors. Additionally, I also noted the religious moments in the tv show, but didn't think much of them as I thought this was just a Korean thing I'm unfamiliar with due to not living there. I will have to think some more on this point. PS, why do people keep calling it a "battle royale"? This show is essentially the same as Wipeout or Who want to be a millionaire? it's a game show, without being televised and only viewable by the VIPs. I don't see why calling this a battle royale wouldn't make other competition shows like X-Factor, The Voice, or MasterChef battle royale games either.

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I perceived the social commentary quite differently. The game represents the control and cruelty of a corrupt communist system with the real world representing capitalism and its freedom in abandonment. An anti-communist critique overall. I felt the main focus of this series however, was on the most emotionally painful moments experienced in life, such as the death or suffering of loved ones or being forced to act contrary to your own convictions. Some powerful scenes engendering the raw despair and agony of such things.

Your analysis are too sophisticated for this world. I wonder if you ever saw movie Personal Shopper with Kristen Stewart. That seem as excellent piece for analysis.:)

I really enjoyed your video and your analysis of this great show; this is some nice work! I'm curious about your presuppositions on God, though. From Christian theology regarding God, the Father and Jesus Christ are both two of three persons of a triune God, equal in nature. Christian theology teaches that humans are inherently evil (Romans 3:10-12); God (Father+Son+Spirit) views humanity consistently. Both Father and Son view humanity as needing redemption. I can see why you'd make a contrast of beliefs there and such, but it's just inconsistent with Christian theology.

You talk like as if the system is a given, the system is created by us humans.

I don't get it. All this contemplation about system and nothing about history. What system did we have in medieval times, f.e.? Capitalism plays no role here. I understand why people think so, it's actually logical, but you are just not looking wider. And once you do, you will see how silly or just blind you were. You're welcome.

extremely overrated show.

The idea that capitalism is just human nature is absurd, and defeatist. Capitalism isn't human nature, it's just that you've been living in it for so long that you can't imagine any other way of organizing society. But the fact is, ever since we had acquired language (70k-100k years ago) we've been living mostly in egalitarian societies with no concept of ownership. And we only had this stupid system we're in for like 300 years, and it was forced upon us by a bunch of aristocrats in England.