Ok but I love Squid Game’s critique of the concept of formal equality. The Game Master keeps emphasising that they want the rules to be fair and everyone is treated equally in the game. And yet clearly that isn’t true. Some players have PTSD, some players aren’t as physically strong, some players are disabled, some players are elderly, some players aren’t welcomed into teams because of their gender.
Kind of like how the ruling classes in the real world constantly assert that we all start at the same position, everyone is equal, and then consistently ignore that that simply isn’t the case.















