As much as #Monopoly sucks because it’s a game of chance, my kids learned about #capitalism, how wealth is more a function of luck & circumstance, and why #landlords are amongst the most worthless people in existence.

Which is exactly what its inventor #ElizabethMagie planned: “[she] originally intended The Landlord's Game to illustrate the economic consequences of Ricardo's Law of #economicRent and the Georgist concepts of #economicPrivilege and land value taxation.”

#boardgames

‘The Landlord’s Game’ and Monopoly’s Origins

"Monopoly wasn’t invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord’s Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie’s original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.

"One was called 'Prosperity', where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good.

"The second set of rules was called 'Monopoly', where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person who used their power to eliminate everyone else.
Magie’s mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies."
#Capitalism #Monopoly #Feminist #Socialist #ElizabethMagie #TheLandlordsGame

https://www.truthorfiction.com/the-landlords-game-and-monopolys-origins/

"Lizzie became a huge fan of that idea and hoped to promote Henry George’s ideas, and decided to do it through the mechanics and rules of a board game, which no one had tried before. After lots of years of tinkering with the idea she came out with The Landlord’s Game in 1904. It’s all of the most fundamental aspects of Monopoly, right there. And she just thought about and worked at it.

https://jacobin.com/2023/02/ruthless-monopoly-secret-history-interview-anti-capitalism-history-board-game/

#monopoly #socialism #capitalism #games #ElizabethMagie

Empfehle "Geniale Frauen" gern noch einmal, da seit heute mehr als ein Dutzend weitere Kurzfilme über zu Unrecht vergessene Pionierinnen freigeschaltet sind.

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/RC-023157/geniale-frauen

#GenialeFrauen #NettieStevens #AliceGuy #ElizabethMagie #MilvaEinstein #SabrinaSpielrein #LuciaMoholy #CeciliaPayne #PauletteNardal #LiseMeitner #MartheGautier #AnnaArnoldHedgeman #CatherineLeroy #DonnaStrickland