The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's anti-capitalist origins (1903)

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The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's anti-capitalist origins (1903)

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Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

cross-posted to:
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The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)

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The story of how a homemade, anti-capitalist game created by a woman becomes a mass-produced uber-capitalist game that profited a man.

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