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this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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How is it capitalist propagarda exactly? Parker Brothers might have screwed her over, but it's impossible to come out of a game of monopoly feeling more symphatetic towards landlords than when you started.
Meaning, at the end of the game, more people hate the rich than are the rich. It's not capitalist propaganda.
I.e., perfect satire of the current system?
The game is (still) a satirical version of the real housing market, and anybody with half a brain gets the impression of unfairness after a game of monopoly. This is unrelated to the fact that parker brothers is making a lot of money with the game
The trouble is, their incorrect takeaway is that Monopoly is a bad game, instead of the correct takeaway that Monopoly is an excellent demonstration of a bad system. Parker Brothers' removal of the "prosperity" ruleset ruined any educational value it had.
I bet it does though
I mean, there isn't really much evidence it does though, feeling good from being wealthy mostly comes down to not being worried about your material welfare and stability. Beyond that, owning everything really doesn't make people any happier or more actualized as people. It is just an empty drug that unlike more fun drugs, hurts a massive amount of people every time you take it.
How do they even study such a thing? Ask megawealthy if they're happy and they'll ask something "modest" like "it's alright, you know life was so simple when I was poor" lol
On a personal level?
Mostly they don't, especially because this kind of realization is an existential threat to the entire high end luxury industry.
Is it too much to ask to get more people like Crassus instead of the lameass modern wealthy people. I want private armies with billionaire generals waging stupid wars