The bad reputation that capitalism has with America’s young people is really no surprise when you consider the way it’s talked about in popular culture. Treachery, selfishness, and outright evil are often associated with a character carrying the mantle of capitalism.

Think 1987’s Wall Street starring Michael Douglas as the manipulative stockbroker Gordon Gekko, or Christian Bale in American Psycho as a financier who moonlights as an ax murderer. These roles are iconic and leave a lasting impression with audiences that can linger for decades. This week, the hit sci-fi series Stranger Things returned to Netflix for its third season, and in a delightful twist, makes an affirmative case for capitalism.