Not even Eleven, with her supernatural powers, can resist the mall's consumer delights in Stranger Things.
.” Hideous, flesh-dissolving monsters notwithstanding, “Stranger Things” takes a sunnier, more optimistic view of the era as a kinder and gentler period of capitalism, before the rise of the gig economy and talk of a “rigged system” became part of the mainstream political discourse.
“Stranger Things 3” enthusiastically feeds this simplistic narrative. Starcourt has also attracted an unwelcome element: the Soviet military, which has secretly opened a portal to the Upside Down beneath the mall’s foundations. The series portrays the Russians as interchangeable, one-dimensional villains who are even less developed than the shape-shifting Mind Flayer monster. The only sympathetic or even somewhat developed Russian character is Dr.
“You know what I love the most about this country? Capitalism,” she says in a bid to convince Robin and Dustin that she deserves free ice cream for life. “Do you know what capitalism is? It means this is a free-market system, which means people get paid for their services depending on how valuable their contributions are.”
Elsewhere, Nancy , an aspiring cub reporter at the local paper — remember those? — pitches a story about Starcourt’s effect on Hawkins’ economy.
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