How is it capitalist propagarda exactly? Parker Brothers might have screwed her over, but it’s impossible to come out of a game of monopoly feeling more symphatetic towards landlords than when you started.
A single person can and should own everything and it’s too bad if you don’t
Owning property is a zero sum game
Only one person can win when it comes to property ownership
Owning property is the only way to power
It’s propaganda because the system doesn’t have to work like this. We’re just told that we have to deal with it, but there’s plenty of resources to go around for everyone to live a comfortable life. Life doesn’t have to be a zero sum game.
I mean, there isn’t really much evidence it does though, feeling good from being wealthy mostly comes down to not being worried about your material welfare and stability. Beyond that, owning everything really doesn’t make people any happier or more actualized as people. It is just an empty drug that unlike more fun drugs, hurts a massive amount of people every time you take it.
How do they even study such a thing? Ask megawealthy if they’re happy and they’ll ask something “modest” like “it’s alright, you know life was so simple when I was poor” lol
Is it too much to ask to get more people like Crassus instead of the lameass modern wealthy people. I want private armies with billionaire generals waging stupid wars
The game is (still) a satirical version of the real housing market, and anybody with half a brain gets the impression of unfairness after a game of monopoly. This is unrelated to the fact that parker brothers is making a lot of money with the game
anybody with half a brain gets the impression of unfairness after a game of monopoly.
The trouble is, their incorrect takeaway is that Monopoly is a bad game, instead of the correct takeaway that Monopoly is an excellent demonstration of a bad system. Parker Brothers’ removal of the “prosperity” ruleset ruined any educational value it had.
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How is it capitalist propagarda exactly? Parker Brothers might have screwed her over, but it’s impossible to come out of a game of monopoly feeling more symphatetic towards landlords than when you started.
This is propaganda
It feels great to own everything
This is what winning IRL looks like
A single person can and should own everything and it’s too bad if you don’t
Owning property is a zero sum game
Only one person can win when it comes to property ownership
Owning property is the only way to power
It’s propaganda because the system doesn’t have to work like this. We’re just told that we have to deal with it, but there’s plenty of resources to go around for everyone to live a comfortable life. Life doesn’t have to be a zero sum game.
Meaning, at the end of the game, more people hate the rich than are the rich. It’s not capitalist propaganda.
I bet it does though
I mean, there isn’t really much evidence it does though, feeling good from being wealthy mostly comes down to not being worried about your material welfare and stability. Beyond that, owning everything really doesn’t make people any happier or more actualized as people. It is just an empty drug that unlike more fun drugs, hurts a massive amount of people every time you take it.
How do they even study such a thing? Ask megawealthy if they’re happy and they’ll ask something “modest” like “it’s alright, you know life was so simple when I was poor” lol
Mostly they don’t, especially because this kind of realization is an existential threat to the entire high end luxury industry.
Is it too much to ask to get more people like Crassus instead of the lameass modern wealthy people. I want private armies with billionaire generals waging stupid wars
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On a personal level?
I.e., perfect satire of the current system?
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The game is (still) a satirical version of the real housing market, and anybody with half a brain gets the impression of unfairness after a game of monopoly. This is unrelated to the fact that parker brothers is making a lot of money with the game
The trouble is, their incorrect takeaway is that Monopoly is a bad game, instead of the correct takeaway that Monopoly is an excellent demonstration of a bad system. Parker Brothers’ removal of the “prosperity” ruleset ruined any educational value it had.