> On Jun 12, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > The point of any game is enjoyment. In this case with others. > It’s true that the game on which Monopoly was based — The Landlord’s Game — > was meant to teach economic lessons but that purpose was long ago abandoned > on the trash heap of Victorian moral excessiveness.
Ayup, capitalism and monopolistic practices won out Monopoly is derived from The Landlord's Game created by Lizzie Magie in the United States in 1903 as a way to demonstrate that an economy that rewards individuals is better than one where monopolies hold all the wealth,[1] and to promote the economic theories of Henry George—in particular his ideas about taxation.[3] The Landlord's Game had two sets of rules originally, one with taxation and another on which the current rules are mainly based. When Monopoly was first published by Parker Brothers in 1935, it did not include the less capitalistic taxation rule, which resulted in a more aggressive game. Parker Brothers was eventually absorbed into Hasbro in 1991. The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly—the domination of a market by a single entity. > > Paul > >> On Jun 12, 2022, at 5:03 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On 6/12/2022 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:50 AM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> .. snip... snip.. >>>> >>>> I played Monopoly years ago and as a kid thought it was fun but as I >>>> learned more about what a monopoly was in a real sense I never wanted to >>>> play it again.. You can probably figure out why :-) >>> You do realize that the point of the game was to show how bad Monopolies >>> are? >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen >>> l...@red4est.com >>> >>> >>> Um, that isn't what it says on line... "Monopoly is a real-estate board >>> game for two to eight players. The player's goal is*to remain financially >>> solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy by buying and developing >>> pieces of property*. Bankruptcy results in elimination from the game. The >>> last player remaining on the board is the winner. " >> ann >> >> -- >> ann sanfedele photography >> https://annsan.smugmug.com >> https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts >> https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >> https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
