Rather relevant. I had no idea 'Monopoly' had an anti-capitalist predecessor.
The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-landlords-game/
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-landlords-game/
Rather relevant. I had no idea 'Monopoly' had an anti-capitalist predecessor.
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Splatterphace@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
I love how they named the nicer properties after nice places IRL, but for the lower end, it looks like they didn't know any poor areas IRL, so they just made up names that sounded like places "the poors" would live and gather
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Good idea, 'rickety row' sounds like a good recipe against gentrification