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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by loaiw1 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @01:01PM (#22425482)
"We"? What is being counted here, the average income and wealth?

Of course people are better off with food and iPhones, but in many major European cities people with middle class incomes share apartments that were literally single family worker apartments around 1900.

In terms of living space, the quality of life for the middle class is worse than 100 years ago.

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by solotronics on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @01:11PM (#22425578)
There are exponentially more people today. In 1850 there were 23 million people in America, today there are 330 million. There was a 15x increase in population, with more than that in the city centers.

Texas had a population of 212k in 1850 and 29 million today. How can you compare the size of a house or land ownership then to today?

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by justizin on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @01:25PM (#22425701)
> Texas had a population of 212k in 1850 and 29 million today. How can you compare the size of a house or land ownership then to today?

You are pinning your argument on houses in _TEXAS_ having gotten smaller? lol bc if anything they have gotten larger.

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by solotronics on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:45PM (#22426535)
At that time land was given away via grants in Texas to anyone who would live there by the hundreds of acres. Comparing that situation to land (housing) prices in a major city today is nonsensical.
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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by LoSboccacc on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @01:10PM (#22425571)
> In terms of living space, the quality of life for the middle class is worse than 100 years ago.

most urbanites of today don't own a chicken, let alone a cow, in 800's standard they're worse off than serfs.

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by GreenJelloShot on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @04:48PM (#22427721)
In 1900, the average life expectancy for an American man was 48.3

Today, the average life expectancy for Americans is 78.7

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by dlp211 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:12PM (#22428969)
That is mostly, but not completely, due to infant mortality rates.
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