I've been playing it a lot recently with my kids and it always ends up as a fight argument and sulks. Its a very cruel game and i think it shows what happens if you are motivated by greed. if you try to be reaonable and look out for each other in the game then it becomes a bit pointless. its a sort of sociopath training game i think. having said that maybe i should stop my children playing it! dave On Nov 6, 2012 1:38 PM, "aharon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Marc, for the tip! > > A very interesting link indeed - points how monopoly collapse into itself, > monopolising other people's efforts, and by connection, properties.. > > On a personal level, I never actually "got" the idea/motivation of the > game, why would one want to monoplise? Seems an arbitrary requirement by > the game. Indeed, now that the history of the game is mentioned, it looks > like the initial ideas, regardless of politics, were more interesting on > conceptual and desire/urge levels - at least for me. > I wonder if anyone else experience similar disinterested feelings in > playing monopoly..? > > Cheers and all the best! > > Aharon > xx > > > Monopoly was stolen from socialist land-reformers and perverted. > > > > Cory Doctorow. > > > > Christopher Ketcham's beautifully written Harper's feature on the > > history of Monopoly, "Monopoly Is Theft," traces the idealistic > > socialist land-reformers who created the game and modified it over > > decades, and the unscrupulous "inventor" who claimed to have created it > > and sold it to Parker Brothers. Monopoly's forerunner was "The > > Landlord's Game," created by Lizzie Magie, inspired by Henry George, who > > believed in the abolition of land-ownership and created a powerful > > movement to make this a reality. Many of George's devotees played The > > Landlord's Game, learning about the evils of real-estate and rentiers, > > and they modified the rules together, creating the game as we know it, > > changing its name to "monopoly" (all lower-case). Then "an unemployed > > steam-radiator repairman and part-time dog walker from Philadelphia > > named Charles Darrow" copied it, patented it, and sold it to Parker > > Brothers. The rest is history. > > > > http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/monopoly-was-stolen-and-perver.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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