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 Is the "eat the rich" subgenre on the wane, or are we becoming overly critical of it? 2019 was probably the year artists around the world stood up in unison against the economic divide through their work. From this emerged anti-classist stories like Parasite, Knives Out, Aadhaar, and many more. As we were going crazy during the COVID-19 pandemic and seeing how the rich used even a devastating situation like that to oppress people and widen the gap between the upper and lower classes, Squid Game arrived in 2021.  And, because of the show's popularity, it seemed like people would truly unite and reject this form of discrimination and inequality. But as soon as the public started dressing up as the characters, as streaming platforms and YouTubers staged real-life versions of Squid Game, I guess we started diluting the essence of "eat the rich." Thus, we find ourselves with incomplete content such as "The Love Scam," "Hisaab Barabar," "Deli...