The Anti-Monopoly Board Game That Promoted a 'Soviet America'
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In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.
  • Kajo [he/him] 🌈@beehaw.org
    11·
    10 months ago

    It’s a common misconception that Monopoly is a hymn to capitalism.

    Actually, it’s a reimplantation of the Landlord’s Game, which was designed to demonstrate the mechanics of wealth accumulation and its nasty consequences when almost everybody end in poverty.

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
    6·
    10 months ago

    A close-up of the northeast quadrant of the map/board shows some of the obstacles on the way to Soviet America, from the obvious, such as Wall Street and “Boss Thugs,” to the “misleaders” of seemingly sympathetic organizations such as the American Federation of Labor and the Socialist Party.

    Lol

  • sculd@beehaw.org
    3·
    10 months ago

    If this is on sale now I think a lot of people would like to get a copy (for collection)