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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 3 days
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.
Avatar Bearded Pip @beardedpip.bsky.social · 3 days
Remember: Monopoly has a Basic Income and everyone still ends up bankrupt and homeless.
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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 3 days
Whoah I did not make that connection before.
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 3 days
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.
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Tucker Drake @tuckerdrake.bsky.social · 3 days
Lizzie J Magie, and it was originally called "The Landlord Game." landlordsgame.info/rules/lg-190...
The Landlord's Game 1904 Patent - Ruleslandlordsgame.info
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alisonborealis (she/her) @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 3 days
The men who bought it for the mass market made it worse and less fun, too.