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ep76: Why Squid Game is Karl Marx' favorite show
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Randall talks to Chris about how Squid Game is ideologically aligned with Marxist thought.
Topics discussed include:
Saturday Night Live sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdHPMhy270 Other shows that tackle class conflict: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls550916663/ A Christmas Carol https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/real-life-auto-strike-behind-runaway-netflix-hit-squid-game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre the relationship between capitalism and gambling https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-role-of-luck-in-life-success-is-far-greater-than-we-realized/ How voluntary is participation in the capitalist system? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson%27s_choice Marxist view of criminality the Marble Game 212 Mi-nyeo -- the seductress the guards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consciousness the Front Man the VIPs "All for ourselves and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." —Adam Smith https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/
recorded October 20, 2021
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