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the game “ is designed to show the evil resulting from the institution of private property,” because:

“At the start of the game, every player is provided with the same chance of success as every other player. The game ends with one person in possession of all the money.”

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Monopoly, and the Landlord’s Game before it, show the instability and ever-increasing unfairness of a capitalist economy, whereby those who gain control over what everyone else needs in order to survive eventually develop an almost complete ability to extract wealth from others and further enrich themselves

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