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I hope they don’t make Chris Pratt the monopoly guy. I can’t take it anymore.
NPR has a great piece on the origin of Monopoly.
Monopoly was designed by a socialist to demonstrate that capitalism is flawed, since the game eventually ends with all of the wealth in one player’s possession. Interestingly, the creator also included an alternative “Prosperity” rule, where all players received payment from a property purchase. All of this was omitted and replaced with the notion that “anyone can be rich” in capitalism when pitched to Parker Brothers.
And Monopoly is based on The Landlord’s Game, which was created to be a “practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences”.
Designed by Elizabeth Magie between 1902 and 1903. She based the game on the economic principles of Georgism, a system proposed by Henry George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants.
Exactly! I couldn’t remember, and you’re absolutely right. The “Prosperity” version of the rules was based on Georgism.
This would actually make sense if it was biopic about Elizabeth Magie.
Margot, does it still feel weird to see articles about yourself?
Monopoly? the game that was created to teach people how they’re being screwed by landlords? and they want to make this into a movie?
I feel like Theodor Adorno would be shaking his head
This is getting ridiculous.
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I’d like to audition for the part of the thimble please. I don’t have legs, so I could tuck right in there and everything!
