▲ 1059 ▼ I mean, he's not wrong. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Alpha71@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 112 points 2 years ago (6 children) It's a game of monopoly and we're all losing. permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago ✨capitalism✨ permalink fedilink source parent [–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Deleted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago We should have our wealthy play hungry hungry hippos. As in we toss them into a marsh with 4 hungry hippos. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you’re playing monopoly, isn’t everyone a loser? 😝 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] satanmat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sigh. I hate myself. — Actually yes! That was the point of the original game. the landlords game permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Nice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgmib@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What blows my mind 🤯 The landlords game has two different sets of rules you could play with. One set of rules was basically the same as the Monopoly we know today. When the game ends when one player acquires ownership of everything and bankrupts everyone else. The other set of rules, called “prosperity”, involved a tax that redistributed wealth. The game ends when all players have doubled their original stake and everyone wins. The game was intended to show how unbridled capitalism ultimately leads to a few billionaires owning everything and everyone else being poor/bankrupt. (Sound familiar?) And compared it to the prosperity rules which were based on Georgism, a kind of socialism/capitalism hybrid that both rewards people for the value they produce while also creating surplus public revenue that can be used to create social safety nets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Which is what the game of monopoly was designed to teach. permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Oligopoly actually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Deleted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago We should have our wealthy play hungry hungry hippos. As in we toss them into a marsh with 4 hungry hippos. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago We should have our wealthy play hungry hungry hippos. As in we toss them into a marsh with 4 hungry hippos. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you’re playing monopoly, isn’t everyone a loser? 😝 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] satanmat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sigh. I hate myself. — Actually yes! That was the point of the original game. the landlords game permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Nice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgmib@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What blows my mind 🤯 The landlords game has two different sets of rules you could play with. One set of rules was basically the same as the Monopoly we know today. When the game ends when one player acquires ownership of everything and bankrupts everyone else. The other set of rules, called “prosperity”, involved a tax that redistributed wealth. The game ends when all players have doubled their original stake and everyone wins. The game was intended to show how unbridled capitalism ultimately leads to a few billionaires owning everything and everyone else being poor/bankrupt. (Sound familiar?) And compared it to the prosperity rules which were based on Georgism, a kind of socialism/capitalism hybrid that both rewards people for the value they produce while also creating surplus public revenue that can be used to create social safety nets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sigh. I hate myself. — Actually yes! That was the point of the original game. the landlords game permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Nice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgmib@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What blows my mind 🤯 The landlords game has two different sets of rules you could play with. One set of rules was basically the same as the Monopoly we know today. When the game ends when one player acquires ownership of everything and bankrupts everyone else. The other set of rules, called “prosperity”, involved a tax that redistributed wealth. The game ends when all players have doubled their original stake and everyone wins. The game was intended to show how unbridled capitalism ultimately leads to a few billionaires owning everything and everyone else being poor/bankrupt. (Sound familiar?) And compared it to the prosperity rules which were based on Georgism, a kind of socialism/capitalism hybrid that both rewards people for the value they produce while also creating surplus public revenue that can be used to create social safety nets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dgmib@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What blows my mind 🤯 The landlords game has two different sets of rules you could play with. One set of rules was basically the same as the Monopoly we know today. When the game ends when one player acquires ownership of everything and bankrupts everyone else. The other set of rules, called “prosperity”, involved a tax that redistributed wealth. The game ends when all players have doubled their original stake and everyone wins. The game was intended to show how unbridled capitalism ultimately leads to a few billionaires owning everything and everyone else being poor/bankrupt. (Sound familiar?) And compared it to the prosperity rules which were based on Georgism, a kind of socialism/capitalism hybrid that both rewards people for the value they produce while also creating surplus public revenue that can be used to create social safety nets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Which is what the game of monopoly was designed to teach. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent