This is propaganda
It feels great to own everything
I bet it does though
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runswithjedi@lemmy.world 4 months ago[deleted]
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 months ago
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I mean, there isn’t really much evidence it does though, feeling good from being wealthy mostly comes down to not being worried about your material welfare and stability. Beyond that, owning everything really doesn’t make people any happier or more actualized as people. It is just an empty drug that unlike more fun drugs, hurts a massive amount of people every time you take it.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 months ago
How do they even study such a thing? Ask megawealthy if they’re happy and they’ll ask something “modest” like “it’s alright, you know life was so simple when I was poor” lol
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Mostly they don’t, especially because this kind of realization is an existential threat to the entire high end luxury industry.
ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I.e., perfect satire of the current system?
runswithjedi@lemmy.world 4 months ago
[deleted]ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
The game is (still) a satirical version of the real housing market, and anybody with half a brain gets the impression of unfairness after a game of monopoly. This is unrelated to the fact that parker brothers is making a lot of money with the game
grue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
anybody with half a brain gets the impression of unfairness after a game of monopoly.
The trouble is, their incorrect takeaway is that Monopoly is a bad game, instead of the correct takeaway that Monopoly is an excellent demonstration of a bad system. Parker Brothers’ removal of the “prosperity” ruleset ruined any educational value it had.
xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Meaning, at the end of the game, more people hate the rich than are the rich. It’s not capitalist propaganda.