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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by rpastuszak on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @04:30AM (#37912064)
Since other comments already mention Georgism, here's a related piece of trivia:

The game Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game and meant to demonstrated the issues of land monopolism.

It was created by Lizzie Magie, a designer and political activist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Magie

Another (somewhat more niche) piece of trivia: (80s-90s) Poland had its own version of Monopoly called Eurobiznes/Eurobusiness: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobusiness

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by developer93 on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @09:54AM (#37915088)
I've heard tell of a parallel set of rules where the game is cooperative instead of competative, I would love to play that.
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