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What are the odds the monopoly movie completely misses the point of the original board game?

99.99%? Many of you guys here know the original board game was invented to show the benefits of Georgism. For those unfamiliar with it, be sure to check out this video. TLDW: a land value tax that funds a UBI fixes so many issues with society. It makes areas walkable by making land efficiently used. It funds a Universal Basic Income. It actually encourages economic growth by punishing inefficient land use. That said, I am almost confident this movie will just be a dumb corporate cash grab that spits in the face of the original purpose behind the board game.


99.99%?

Many of you guys here know the original board game was invented to show the benefits of Georgism. For those unfamiliar with it, be sure to check out this video.

TLDW: a land value tax that funds a UBI fixes so many issues with society. It makes areas walkable by making land efficiently used. It funds a Universal Basic Income. It actually encourages economic growth by punishing inefficient land use.

That said, I am almost confident this movie will just be a dumb corporate cash grab that spits in the face of the original purpose behind the board game.

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