Street Spirit is an episode presenting one of late-capitalism's tragedies: the corner store. The suburbs at night undergo an ironic transformation which excretes bizarre, lonely, and violent people - all of which gravitate around the corner store Ross is employed in. Having to deal with drugged-out teenagers, a dying janitor, and a violent bandit, Ross is forced to make nobel choices. The irony therein is that his noble choices mutate into self-destructive results which only result in him getting hurt. So then Ross must ask himself if it might be better off to just run away - Ross can successfully escape aggressors, but can he also escape capitalism?