cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com/p/1650861/pluralism-go-brrr
History of Monopoly is fascinating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Monopoly
It began as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game
The Landlord's Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie as U.S. patent 748,626. A realty and taxation game intended to educate users about Georgism, it is the inspiration for the 1935 board game Monopoly.
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