KenHigg
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Just read this and was wondering what the opinions are for and against this line of thinking...

Pass Go
So I recently played Monopoly. It'd been maybe 15-20 years since I had played (heck, when was the last time you played?) I don't remember what I usually was (probably the car), but this time around I was the boot.
The origins of the game can be traced to a Quaker from Virginia named Lizzie Magie who patented a game named The Landlord's Game in 1904. Lizzie actually made the game to illustrate the evils of oppressive land owners. She was a Georgist, which means that she adhered to Georgism - a philosophy and economic ideology that basically says if you create it, you own it, but if it's natural, then everyone owns it. Which explains why Lizzie would make a game about the evils of owning something and then patent it so she could exclusively own it. Other notable Georgists include Winston Churchill and Mark Twain.
So - about my game: it lasted about an hour (it was a short one) and ended with bankruptcy at the hands of a five year old, first-time Monopoly mogul that, truth be told, was not that interested in the game to begin with...