Kajo [he/him] 🌈 ( @Kajo@beehaw.org ) 11•2 years agoIt’s a common misconception that Monopoly is a hymn to capitalism.
Actually, it’s a reimplantation of the Landlord’s Game, which was designed to demonstrate the mechanics of wealth accumulation and its nasty consequences when almost everybody end in poverty.
KevonLooney ( @KevonLooney@lemm.ee ) 6•2 years agoA close-up of the northeast quadrant of the map/board shows some of the obstacles on the way to Soviet America, from the obvious, such as Wall Street and “Boss Thugs,” to the “misleaders” of seemingly sympathetic organizations such as the American Federation of Labor and the Socialist Party.
Lol
Gsus4 ( @Gsus4@feddit.nl ) 4•2 years ago“Splitters!!!”
PS: looks less boring than monopoly, though, more chaos :D
KevonLooney ( @KevonLooney@lemm.ee ) 2•2 years agoWas just thinking that.
Andjhostet ( @Andjhostet@kbin.social ) 1•2 years agoMonopoly can actually be a pretty quick game if you play by the rules. Which literally nobody does.
sculd ( @sculd@beehaw.org ) 3•2 years agoIf this is on sale now I think a lot of people would like to get a copy (for collection)
araly ( @araly@beehaw.org ) 2•2 years agothe only thing i can see is WWWWEEEE