• velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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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      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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      2 hours ago

      And the original board was waaaay larger than what we have today EDIT: what happened to lemmy world servers? my comment was registered very quickly