Post #2563622
2023-12-25 08:29 UTC
‘tis the season to play board games - a good time to appreciate the origin story of Monopoly, which was practically a plagiarized version of The Landlord’s Game by Lizzie Magie:
“a brilliant woman economist invented an anti-capitalist board game that was stolen by a lying, opportunistic man and repackaged as capitalist family fun”
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-landlords-game/
happy holidays, for those who celebrate and/or play
#LizzieMagie #BoardGames
Replies (2)
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@fletch49er@mastodon.scot 2023-12-25 08:41
@nrchtct@vis.social MONOPOLY, teaching kids everywhere how to be Tories
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@areimanios@mastodontech.de 2023-12-25 23:56
@nrchtct@vis.social Nice to hear that this knowledge is being passed on! Far too little attention is paid to it and the criticism behind it.