From the tagline "Winning is for capitalists" we can see right away that this game is not going to be friendly to whatever it deems "socialism" to be.
Because as we all know "socialists" never play sports or participate in any sort of competitive activity, like board games. 2/
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
Wow, this sounds like a real winner.
Spaces on the board include a snarkily named hospital and school, because apparently schools are supposed to produce losers and hospitals are only supposed to help some of the people. 5/ pic.twitter.com/gcg3bUKrU1
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
It's also crucial to mock environmentalism because, haha, as we all know environmentalism is stupid and hilarious. 7/ pic.twitter.com/dhXb29ANQR
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
For example, there is a community fund, and if a player doesn't have enough money to pay for something, the community fund automatically pays the difference. Which seems kinda socialist at first glance. 9/ pic.twitter.com/R7uTUFcfeC
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
So this is not really a socialist model. It's more of a billionaire philanthropy model.
It's akin to conservatives constantly saying, "If Warren Buffett likes taxes so much, why doesn't he just donate to the IRS?" 11/
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
Similarly, when you pass go, you get a $50 "living wage," which was presumably reduced from the usual $200 to emphasize that "socialism makes everyone poorer" or somesuch. 13/ pic.twitter.com/tvEqdf2z5F
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
Likewise, because "socialism" allegedly hates people doing well, a card lets you confiscate wealth from someone with some sort of vote. But then, rather than actually redistributing that wealth to those less well off, the wealth is simply destroyed and removed from the game. 15/ pic.twitter.com/6WwHZLKppG
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
Of course the great irony here is that that the game we now know as "Monopoly" originally started out as "The Landlord's Game," invented by Georgist feminist comedian Lizzie Magie to satirize capitalist rent-seeking... 17/https://t.co/iafF9DF1wN pic.twitter.com/JRJv41sZNQ
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
In sum, I can't quite figure out who the target audience of this game is. It would be as if other themed "Monopoly" games attempted to viciously mock the theme, like if Dog Monopoly mocked dogs and dog owners, or Star Wars monopoly mocked Star Wars fans for being nerds. 19/
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
Judging by this other Hasbro Monopoly game called "Monopoly for Millennials," the answers to these questions are yes and yes. 21/https://t.co/vOUKadboLI
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019
Hasbro: cornering the market on racist Facebook uncles. Buy it now wherever someone is screaming at kids to get off their lawn.
