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From Dallas to Squid Game

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Forty years ago, when I was kid growing up on the west coast of Ireland, the most popular TV show globally was Dallas. Set in Texas, it was a glamorous take on the oil industry, extreme wealth and lavish lifestyles. It was very much a traditional capitalist view of success: individual gain, no matter the consequences.

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