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Explanation From Original OP:
Elizabeth Magie was the original patent holder for a game called “The Landlord’s Game”, which warned about the evils of capitalism. In 1930, she sold her patent to the Parker brothers for $500, who buried her original anticapitalist message, excluded her from receiving any royalties, and turned it into Monopoly, one of the best selling and most recognizable board games of all time. So just like you (probably), the original creator got screwed over in the game of Monopoly.
To be fair, a patent for a game is a stupid concept so she did well to get $500 for it. And in 1930s money that’s not bad at all.
Somehow I thought it was about the game, which I just lost.
Well, fuck you. Now I lost too.
