Paul > On Jun 12, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: > >  > >> On Jun 12, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> The point of any game is enjoyment. In this case with others. >> It’s true that the game on which Monopoly was based — The Landlord’s Game — was meant to teach economic lessons but that purpose was long ago abandoned on the trash heap of Victorian moral excessiveness. > > Ayup, capitalism and monopolistic practices won out > Thank God! Without Monmopolies we wouldn’t have Facebook! 😂 > Monopoly is derived from The Landlord's Game created by Lizzie Magie in the United States in 1903 as a way to demonstrate that an economy that rewards individuals is better than one where monopolies hold all the wealth,[1] and to promote the economic theories of Henry George—in particular his ideas about taxation.[3] The Landlord's Game had two sets of rules originally, one with taxation and another on which the current rules are mainly based. When Monopoly was first published by Parker Brothers in 1935, it did not include the less capitalistic taxation rule, which resulted in a more aggressive game. Parker Brothers was eventually absorbed into Hasbro in 1991. The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly—the domination of a market by a single entity. > >> >> Paul >> >>>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 5:03 PM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>  >>>> On 6/12/2022 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:50 AM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>>> .. snip... snip.. >>>>> >>>>> I played Monopoly years ago and as a kid thought it was fun but as I learned more about what a monopoly was in a real sense I never wanted to play it again.. You can probably figure out why :-) >>>> You do realize that the point of the game was to show how bad Monopolies are? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry Colen >>>> lrc@red4est.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Um, that isn't what it says on line... "Monopoly is a real-estate board game for two to eight players. The player's goal is*to remain financially solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy by buying and developing pieces of property*. Bankruptcy results in elimination from the game. The last player remaining on the board is the winner. " >>> ann >>> >>> -- >>> ann sanfedele photography >>> https://annsan.smugmug.com >>> https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts >>> https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >>> https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:08 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Paul > >> On Jun 12, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >> >>  >> >>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> The point of any game is enjoyment. In this case with others. >>> It’s true that the game on which Monopoly was based — The Landlord’s Game — was meant to teach economic lessons but that purpose was long ago abandoned on the trash heap of Victorian moral excessiveness. >> >> Ayup, capitalism and monopolistic practices won out >> > Thank God! Without Monmopolies we wouldn’t have Facebook! 😂 Yup, we’d have Usenet. -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com

Started out as "The Landlord's Game" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game On 6/12/2022 5:03 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > On 6/12/2022 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:50 AM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>> .. snip... snip.. >>> >>> I played Monopoly  years ago and as  a kid thought it was fun but as >>> I learned more about what a monopoly was in a real sense I never >>> wanted to play it again.. You can probably figure out why :-) >> You do realize that the point of the game was to show how bad >> Monopolies are? >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> lrc@red4est.com >> >> >> Um, that isn't what it says  on line... "Monopoly is a real-estate >> board game for two to eight players. The player's goal is*to remain >> financially solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy by buying >> and developing pieces of property*. Bankruptcy results in elimination >> from the game. The last player remaining on the board is the winner. " > ann > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

On 6/12/2022 7:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Jun 12, 2022, at 4:08 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> Paul >> >>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>>  >>> >>>> On Jun 12, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> The point of any game is enjoyment. In this case with others. >>>> It’s true that the game on which Monopoly was based — The Landlord’s Game — was meant to teach economic lessons but that purpose was long ago abandoned on the trash heap of Victorian moral excessiveness. >>> >>> Ayup, capitalism and monopolistic practices won out >>> >> Thank God! Without Monmopolies we wouldn’t have Facebook! 😂 > > Yup, we’d have Usenet. > I still have Usenet. Don't use it much any more (mainly to download Doctor Who episodes), but I've still got an active account. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com