Imagine a world in which a cabal of extreme libertarian oligarchs operated with complete impunity. In which they did what they liked on a private island outside the reach of the law, operated a uniformed militia, and saw ordinary people as subhuman “trash” whose struggles for survival only have value as a resource for the entertainment of the bored overclass.
Are we anticipating season 3 of Squid Game, or looking forward to, say, 2028? At this point, it’s looking like a bit of a toss-up. This show – which sees a crowd of leisure-suited unfortunates competing to survive a series of lethal playground games with the last man standing becoming a billionaire – has caught the Zeitgeist like no other show.
