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The house always wins (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 201 points 5 months ago (15 children)

Monopoly was originally called "The Landlord's Game" and it was invented by a woman in 1903.

It was meant to illustrate the dangers of unchecked capitalism.

Then it was stolen by a man and turned into the game we know today.

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  • [–] 60 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    This is the boardgame version of the Steve Buscemi firefighter fact lol

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Did you know that in that scene in that movie were the guy kicked that thing he actually broke his toe?

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  • [–] 42 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It was meant to illustrate the dangers of unchecked capitalism.

    I mean, yeah, but also no. It was anti-land lord and was advocating Georgism and a land value tax. Georgism includes corporations as victims to land lord hoarding and doesn't criticize capitalism, per se.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    We should make a game based on Monopoly, that gives players options to destroy the system; unionize, give their money to charity (and get more for good appearances), lobby for higher tax rates, etc.

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