the_william•1mo agoProlific Poster

Found out the original Monopoly game was based on a landlord's tax protest

Read it in a book about game history at the library. It was made to show how rents hurt people, which is pretty different from how we play it now. Do you think knowing a game's backstory changes how you see it?

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anthony1291mo ago

Wow, that's wild. Makes the game feel like a weird, twisted joke now.

milesbailey1mo ago

My uncle still calls it the capitalist hate game.

josephmartin1mo ago

Just nod and change the subject, it's not worth the argument.