Unfortunately, it also proved that robbing someone blind for your own benefit is also easy to do and a lot of fun if you buy things up while it's still cheap, and as such, it has become a family favourite game for a century now. Monopoly was originally conceived as a way to show to people how modern capitalism is stacked against the worker, and how ultimately there will only ever be a single winner and a whole lot of losers. We are all born with the innate desire for warmth and a safe home, and Monopoly is the game where that safety is threatened to be cut out from under you at any possible moment.
Since the dawn of man we have been making offerings to our fellow humans as a form of altruism, and in hopes that someone will also let us stay in their cave or mud hut. Monopoly is a game older than time itself.
