If you’re trendy like me, you’re eagerly anticipating season 3 of Squid Game, set to release next month. For those who missed it, Squid Game is a cyberpunk dystopian drama where staggering income disparity in South Korea allows the ultra-rich to exploit poverty for horrible, futuristic gladiatorial battles.

Squid Game depicts how desperate people will do anything to break the cycle of debt and despair, so they can finally get their financial head above water. This was also the premise of the Oscar-winning Parasite, likewise from South Korea.

While these tales are certainly fictionalized, the sad reality is it’s not too far from the truth for our K-Pop inventing friends across the Pacific.

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