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One of the things I keep turning over in my head about Triangle of Sadness is the idea that it doesn’t matter who you are or what you come from: wealth will corrupt you.

Trust fund babies, arms dealers, single mothers trying to make ends meet, service workers, supermodels, whatever. Give any of them wealth and give them enough time and they’ll be corrupted.

And wealth doesn’t have to be money: it can be fame, in-need skills, pretzel sticks, etc. Anything that creates a system of haves and have-nots. Whatever it is and whomever you are, wealth will corrupt you.

I don’t think the movie was particularly successful at depicting this (too much time on the boat, not enough time on the island) and I don’t know if I really agree with any of it, but it’s been hard to shake in the weeks since I’ve seen it