I'm pretty sure monopoly was supposed to show how it's a bad system
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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.
Just like all satires of this ghoulish system, the settler culture will unironically and enthusiastically buy right in. See also Starship Troopers [movie]
Well... If you're fucked no matter what you do consequences become meaningless.
A lot of people seem to be realizing that the only reason any of this "works" is because we all kind of just agree to follow the rules more or less. When following the rules results in the same thing as doing whatever you wanted to anyway, there's a disincentive to adhere to the rules.
Wew. Things getting spicy.
And here we arrive at the very reason why I'm an anarchist in the first place.