socialism vs capitalism

[Joe Allonby]

Try this. Play monopoly with three or more players, but apply real
world behavior including nepotism, altruism, and collusion. Help out a
buddy who's down on his luck due to some unlucky rolls of the dice.
Bail a friend out of jail. Return a favor with a free stay at your
luxury hotel. Be nice to someone for no reason at all. Form an
alliance to deliberately drive a third player into bankruptcy and out
of the game, then turn on each other. It's more fun this way but will
drive some people absolutely insane. The results of this style of play
can range from uncontrollable bouts of laughter to an exchange of real
world blows.

Then again, you can be like Mitt Romney and play with real money.



On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, that 'more land' is not being made, a leitmotif of Progress & Poverty,
> is definitely
> deep background to what happened to Manhattan Beach.....therefore is in
> Inherent Vice
> in its way.....
> ...
>
> Didja know that the original Jacks and sticks 'public' game of Monopoly was
> based
> on George's ideas in Progress & Poverty?......the idea being a game that
> showed how
> a limited amount of land would INEVITABLY lead to ...............
>
> homelessness for all players but one....
>
> There is the inevitably American story of a corporation, Parker Brothers,
> trademarking and securing the monopoly of the free game of monopoly within
> the winner-take-all context of WINNING, and beggaring thy fellow players...
> (citizens)............
>
> From: Michael <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: socialism vs capitalism
>
> So in a way henry george's theory enlivens the story of _Inherent Vice_
>
> Also interesting is that George like Melville and Pynchon shipped out as a
> young bloke and rode the waves for awhile - as Mr Matthew McConaughey shows
> in the movie "Surfer, Dude", contacts in daily life with the brine and the
> swells lead to a clear mind and a generous soul...
>
>