@conanoflibraria.bsky.social: Nah, it's just changing winning from "when one person had all the money everyone else loses" to the "someday I'll own this boot" meme

And the primary reason for that is because the money you get when you go past GO each time, does not increase. But rents do.

Remember: Monopoly has a Basic Income and everyone still ends up bankrupt and homeless.

Whoah I did not make that connection before.

What's funny and fucked is IIRC the creator of the game, who I believe was a woman, created the game as ANTI CAPITALISM. It's designed to show the progression and evils of capitalism in a winner take all system. The number of family fights over Monopoly is legion.

I literally just told @foobly.bsky.social "it was created as a critique about capitalism but I guess they forgot to change *that* part of the game!"

Nah, it's just changing winning from "when one person had all the money everyone else loses" to the "someday I'll own this boot" meme

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