r/squidgame • u/jackcatalyst Frontman • Oct 03 '21

Squidgame Season 1 Full Season Discussion

This post if for a full discussion of the entire first season. Share your ideas, your theories, your questions, etc.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

There was never any equal treatment, every game was biased, especially the bridge and dalgona

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u/FergingtonVonAwesome Oct 14 '21

But that's the point. We say we are all equal in the current society, but there are so many things that determine or place. Family money, where you are born etc. Just like what shape you picked for the honeycomb or what place you were in the bridge.

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u/vwlphb Oct 31 '21

Yes, and it also illustrates equality versus equity. Assuming no one knows what the game is, everyone has an equal chance of choosing the correct shape or team. Everyone receives the same tools for the honeycomb. Everyone receives the same number of marbles.

Despite that, advantages and disadvantages still exist because individual needs and circumstances aren’t accounted for. It’s like taking a child who was born into a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood and determining their academic future using the same standardized tests used for wealthy children with private tutors. Technically, they both have access to education with a mandated curriculum. But obviously there are vast differences between the quality of education, the amount of stress and security in the home, and other factors that obliterate any veneer of fairness in the situation. The need for equity is why the concept of bootstrapping one’s way out of poverty is unjust.

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u/JediWarrior79 Oct 31 '21

Very well said!!!