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Monopoly’s Dirty Secrets: Theft, Erasure and Capitalism (Patreon)

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Did you know that the board game Monopoly—yes, the iconic capitalism simulator—was originally designed to warn against capitalism? Ironically, the game we play today was shaped by the very forces it sought to critique. So how did an anti-capitalist teaching tool transform into a symbol of the system it opposed? From political parodies to endless reskins, Monopoly's journey is as twisted as a game of chance 🎥🕹️

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Jason Youngberg

I wonder how many games of monotony were finished. Usually the other players get frustrated and quit letting one person win by default.

Martin Verran

How many times in history have one person's intentions turned into visible symbols of something completely other than what he wanted it to be?

Some Ed

To be fair, The Landlord's Game was always a symbol of what it opposed. It just used to be more blatant at opposing it.

Matt Ries

In college, one of our projects in an accounting class was to play a game of Monopoly for three hours then bring in our individual ledgers based on the results of the game based on the professor's rules.

David Weintraub
>>142119928

Usually not competing a game actually is the result of not playing by the rules. For example, not auctioning properties that were landed on but not bought. Putting too much money in the game which makes it hard to bankrupt fellow players. Or, not limiting the houses that can be placed on the board. Monopoly is a long game, but few games take more than two hours.

David Weintraub

Monopoly was always there in The Landlord’s Game. It was the “alternative rule”. What Lizzie Magie failed to understand is that people play games to be competitive. Competitive games where you could take on the character of someone powerful was the basis of George Parker’s business empire.