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> Being born now in the west is like joining a game of monopoly two hours in. All the squares are owned. Round you go. Appropriate in that Monopoly (or more pr
by bufordsharkley 11y ago
> Being born now in the west is like joining a game of monopoly two hours in. All the squares are owned. Round you go.
Appropriate in that Monopoly (or more precisely, the game it ripped off, The Landlord's Game) was created to demonstrate the inequality that derives from private ownership of land, and how a land-value-tax a la Henry George removes the inequality.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game