[alt: a 3D rendering of two human bodies, where one looks like a spirit leaving the other body. The caption says: “the leftism leaving my body the moment i start to win at monopoly”.]
And if someone else starts winning? Let’s go comrades, time to team up and take down the capitalist pig. I don’t care if it’s against the rules!
Against the rules? It’s the whole point of the game.
In the official rules only one player can win
We are one
Indeed, comrade
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/01/19/why-rich-people-tend-think-they-deserve-their-money/
Fascinating read. They gave one player (after a coin toss) way more advantages in the game. In the end, they inevitably won, and no advantaged person talked about the coin flip being the reason. Instead, they attributed their perceived skill.
It’s so true, which is funny when you remember that it was supposed to be a criticism of capitalism.
In the end, competition ends up being harmful because it is by definition a zero-sum proposition, and whether it’s a game or real life people stop cooperating once they think they are competing for something. It’s our animal brains screwing us by telling us that we need to ensure our own position first through dominance, when all of civilization and society is based on mutual cooperation.
The Libertarian Delusion, if you will.
