“I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we’ve all met in real life,”
how do you debunk this stupid ass shit without spouting a bunch of statistics? i get into fights with family members (we're all poor btw) about this shit ALL the fucking time and it's so fucking stupid to me because even a shallow analysis is like "yes, like nearly all 8 billion people on the planet minus the United States magically just chose to be poor because it's fun"
like my older brothers conception of this is that all poor people are poor because they chose to party lmao
like he makes fun of people in my extended family because they are all "failures" and fails to see any connection between coming from a family of really uneducated low income people who can't even speak English half the time and "failure"
also hurls abuse at my dad (who hopped over the fucking border at 16 lmao) for being a "loser who chose to party and have kids instead of going to university and getting ahead"
nope just want to party
Rich people, famous for never partying or otherwise enjoying life.
The rich literally got together to watch people kill each other. The games were their party.