"Rich people rig a game to exploit the desperate poor who risk death and destitution for a miniscule chance at wealth in a blatant critique of capitalist Korea's hell scape"
Squid game themed slot machine which does the exact same shit
It's not the exact same thing. If you win the Squid Game, the show establishes that you definitely get your prize money, whereas slot machines, it's well know that the casino is like "sorry, machine malfunction. You don't get your prize money. We will return that ONE bet for you, but not all the rest of the money you bet on that faulty machine."
Art is dead. Irony is dead.
"Rich people rig a game to exploit the desperate poor who risk death and destitution for a miniscule chance at wealth in a blatant critique of capitalist Korea's hell scape"
Have you considered that the rich people might be the good guys?
It's not the exact same thing. If you win the Squid Game, the show establishes that you definitely get your prize money, whereas slot machines, it's well know that the casino is like "sorry, machine malfunction. You don't get your prize money. We will return that ONE bet for you, but not all the rest of the money you bet on that faulty machine."