Paul
> On Jun 12, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Jun 12, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> 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 > Thank God! Without Monmopolies we wouldn’t have Facebook! 😂 > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 6/12/2022 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:50 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > 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 [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
