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[-] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 188 points 22 hours ago

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.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

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.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Let's call it "Prosperity"!

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

One early version was like that, it was called "The Prosperity Game" and gave players the ability to vote to change the economics of the board from "The Hoarder Era" to "The Prosperity Era." https://prosperitygame.org/

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

You should look up the versions No Rolls Barred did on youtube. They get very silly with it.

[-] ___qwertz___@feddit.org 14 points 9 hours ago

Her Name was Lizzie Magie and this quote from her holds up:

"In a short time, I hope a very short time, men and women will discover that they are poor because Carnegie and Rockefeller, maybe, have more than they know what to do with. My people believe that the only way to help working girls is to get rich and give something to the poor. That is just the way not to do it. Working girls want only what they produce. If they get that they will have all they need. They can have silk underwear then."

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 54 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 21 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Aragorn really deflected that knife.

[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Did you know that before chewbaca was cast in star wars, he was a lab test consultant for Loreal

[-] mech@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Did you know that before Peter Mayhew was cast as Chewbaca in Star Wars

FTFY

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I refuse to acknowledge this fact and will keep believing a Wookie worked at L'oreal. Makes sense if you think about it.

[-] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 21 hours ago

It's a fascinating story that's worth a deeper dive if you're interested.

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 4 points 21 hours ago

I mean yeah it was during the 9/11 too!

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 40 points 21 hours ago

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.

[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago

One change for the better at a time

[-] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 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

[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

They're beta testing v1.0 but I don't know if that affects anything

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