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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure monopoly was supposed to show how it's a bad system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Indeed, that was the original intent of the game to show that even if you start in the most fair conditions possible, at the end of the game one person will own everything through the process of competition. It's vitally important for people to understand that capitalism isn't a static system, it evolves over time as certain companies succeed and grow and it becomes increasingly difficult for others to compete with them. Competition ends up being the very engine of capital accumulation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Just like all satires of this ghoulish system, the settler culture will unironically and enthusiastically buy right in. See also Starship Troopers [movie]