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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by WalterBright on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:56PM (#22428372)
> Money increases when you pass start, and cards drawn are on average a source of money.

Money itself is of value only if it can be used to buy stuff. The assets in Monopoly are fixed - more and more money chases the same assets, meaning that the real value of that money remains the same.

Zero-sum.

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by mewpmewp2 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:37AM (#22431662)
Arguably we are in the process of playing monopoly. It is just not near the end yet.

We have not used up all the fixed resources yet - which is why we can keep growing, but we soon might as the population grows and the rich take as much as possible.

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Re:Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capital... by WalterBright on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:45AM (#22431697)
> We have not used up all the fixed resources yet

Please explain how iron has been "used up".

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