News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism (2017). Parent comment

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?

[ Parent | on HN ]
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.

[ Parent | on HN ]
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]