• fuckyou@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Did you know that the original version of Monopoly was called “The Landlord’s Game”, and was used as a teaching aid to teach the poor about the inherent immorality and inevitable loss of freedom and equality land ownership entails? Then a capitalist came along, stole the whole thing, rebranded it Monopoly, and made a shitload of money.

    https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Landlord’s_Game

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      7 months ago

      and then turned it into a nostalgia delivery system for anyone that will buy anything with their favorite IP slapped on it.