Apr 6, 2019

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The Time A Capitalist Tried to Play Monopoly With an Environmental Socialist

Frustration grew on both sides of the board.

Socialist: I’m bored. I’ve run out of protest ideas and all my humanitarian ideas aren’t really panning out right now. Let’s do something.

Capitalist: Uh, okay. You want to play a game or something?

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