𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe worsti.imgur.comimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down12
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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year ago Originally called “The Landlord’s Game” Parker Brothers changed it to something less obviously terrible in the run up to the great depression. Goes to show you how indoctrinated and manipulated we all are when we think that the idea of a monopoly is more acceptable than a landlord.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey clearly meant it’s a worse name for a board game, not that it references a worse thing
Goes to show you how indoctrinated and manipulated we all are when we think that the idea of a monopoly is more acceptable than a landlord.
They clearly meant it’s a worse name for a board game, not that it references a worse thing