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In my opinion, Squid Game imagines life as a game and explores the clash between two different play styles: zero-sum versus positive-sum.
Zero-sum players go through life dividing the world into winners and losers, the strong and the weak.
They see the entirety of life as a competition.
The winners win at the loser's expense.
A scammer is an example of a zero-sum player.
You give me money, and in return, I give you nothing.
There's one winner and one loser.
And by scamming a bunch of people, I can get rich.
On the other hand, positive-sum players believe that life is not a competition.
