• grue@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Nobody should answer “Monopoly” because it’s intended to be un-fun, as an object lesson in why monopolies are bad.

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      6 days ago

      Monopoly is not intended to be un-fun, it’s intended to be unfair, which is different. People find it un-fun because they changed the rules to make it less unfair, but if you play the game by the rules it’s not bad, but the winner gets picked at random very early in the game, and there’s nothing you can do about it, which would be bad for a long game, but Monopoly is meant to be very short if you play by the rules.

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      6 days ago

      It was originally that, when it was called The Landlord’s Game. But I don’t think that’s what modern Monopoly is supposed to convey. It has pretty much become the opposite of what it originally was.