The idea was taken by a man and sold to Parker Brothers, who adapted it as the polar opposite of what Magie had intended. The original game also had a completely (much better) different message.įUN FACT: Monopoly was based on The Landlord's Game, created in 1902 by Lizzie Magie to demonstrate the rampant inequality caused by capitalist greed. Monopoly' game, why not *finally* acknowledge that a woman invented Monopoly in the first place? #LizzieMagie If actually wanted to celebrate women's empowerment with their new 'Ms. Many people think that Lizzie Magie’s ‘Landlord’s Game’, invented more than a century ago, was subsequently built upon by a man, changed to ‘Monopoly’ and sold, earning him a fortune. This is all even MORE infuriating because of the fact that there is a lot of controversy around who invented Monopoly in the first place. medium naturals 4 revolutions🦝 May 9, 2020 Monopoly just told me she’d rather see me die than see the economy collapse ? /zukwAmjlcd Monopoly told me we needed more female drone pilots then threw her coffee at a service worker Monopoly just called me “Sweetie” even though we are the same age. Monopoly has tweets from 2014 where she uses the N word. NfhZGCOjN4īut the best part of all of this are the tweets about who or what the Ms.

Monopoly claims to be 'self made' but she got her start up capital from her uncle, The Monopoly Guy. Ms Monopoly is such a pitch-perfect storm of soulless 'girlboss' corporate feminism that i have a hard time being convinced it's not perfomance art. Nothing says Feminism like playing at being a greedy landlord, but this time As a Lady! Hasboro : dont forget that no matter what u do, you will always-and I mean ALWAYS-be a woman Hasboro: its lady-themed! Girls can do anything! Lots of people had something to say about the message being sent by the ad and the game.

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