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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago (17 children)

That is exactly what Lizzy Magie, the inventor of Monopoly, wanted to achieve. However, she had assumed that people would realize how utterly wrong the rules of the game were once they had finished playing.

Unfortunately, this has never been the case, as evidenced by the fact that instead of Magie, an unscrupulous scumbag named Charles Darrow became the first multimillionaire in the board game industry because he bought the game idea from her for a ridiculously low amount and without any royalty rights, and then sold the publishing rights to the Parker brothers, who made even more money with it.

This explains why Monopoly, instead of being a game critical of capitalism as originally intended, became a propaganda tool for capitalism.

It couldn't be more absurd, but that's how our world is.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's funny because as a kid I always thought monopoly was bullshit and hated it. I felt vindicated when I finally heard that was the intent as an adult, but as a kid it was supposed to be taken as a lesson to be graceful whether you win or lose

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Your parents did you dirty. Lol

[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mine said to let Grandpa win, he loves this game.

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

You'll get his Monopoly money when he does anyway

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