The ‘Born to, Forced to’ meme, Oscar Wilde’s socialist dreams, and Joanna Maciejewska’s viral quote converge on the same bitter truth: capital automated the wrong things. AI writes sonnets while we clock in. Why did the machine liberation never arrive?
This essay strips away the illusion of equal treatment under the law. Using an imagined conversation between ‘Squid Game’ style elites, it explores the epistemological gap between Luigi Mangione’s rapid trial and the sealed lists of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients, proving that the legal system’s primary directive is to preserve the hierarchy of capital.
Why did Squid Game become a global phenomenon? This essay explores the capitalism in Squid Game, the history of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and the tragedy of the show’s ending. Using Byung-Chul Han and Mark Fisher, we deconstruct the brutal reality of Hell Joseon and the systemic trap of debt.