Who Really Invented Monopoly?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@edenli6421]

I’m the only liker and replyer!?

[@IDontDoDrumCovers]

the irony of PB buying up all the patents just to make sure no one else could make the game

[@magister343]

If she had been a more consistent Georgist she would have recognized that Patents are not a legitimate form of property. Henry George accepted limited copyrights and trademarks, but not the monopolies on ideas granted by patents.

[@SaturnCanuck]

There is no such thing as a friendly game of Monopoly.

[@ElGringoCastellano]

Henry George represent! As a Georgist I am thrilled to see him brought up on this channel!

[@nthperson]

There is so much more to the story of how the game of monopoly came to be. I have prepared a fairly brief video to tell this story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2W2d62piNOgoq8

[@owenstevenson6158]

Just tax land lol

[@nomad6337]

So Darrow is the Steve Jobs of the board game world

[@Craznar]

Except Steve jobs at least added value to his theft.

[@CaptainTimo]

wait ... whattttt ? what did Jobs and Gates stole ?

[@majorlanguid]

Captain Erio They took ideas, but improved them. It wasn't exactly stealing.

[@CaptainTimo]

I was slightly interested, no longer care. Thanks anyway

[@Ephigy1]

Listen I fucking hate Apple buy they didn't steal it. And without Steve Jobs and Wozniak we would be nowhere with computers... Or phones. It's just the modern apple that is dog shit. Shame Wozniak won't wake up and get with the times and maybe intervene in their productions

[@RandyLunn]

Thanks for shining a light on this horrific story. Hopefully Elizabeth Magie will take her proper place in history just as Tesla has finally emerged from the cloud of Edison mythology.

[@lastwolflord]

Tesla still hasn't got the full respect he deserved.

[@neoshenlong]

At least most people know about Tesla. Magie on the other hand...

[@Chip-Chapley]

well, at least we don't have a "saving Mr. Moneybags" movie speaking on stolen ideas and fabricated justifications from the thieves. as I glare at Walt Disney's picture I feel utter contempt for his and his companies lack of originality and their ability to steal, even from under the nose of the victims they steal from.

[@vsfking4699]

I know this is off topic....... but i just ate the best orange ever

[@donaldstorm4959]

Norris King Wild was it Juicy and Delicious and probably most likely nutritious hahaha you can pass go and collect your $200 to win the game.

[@brickman409]

Congrats man

[@TodayIFoundOut]

"i just ate the best orange ever" Like anyone can even know that. ;-) But really, congratulations on your orange; it's all about enjoying the little things. :-)

[@godthealmighty671]

Norris King are you stoned?

[@donaldstorm4959]

Norris King am I stoned? not this month next month yay

[@PaulMichaels2010]

This would make a great movie.

[@CV-lm7pv]

It checks all the boxes indeed

[@Luke-pg9pk]

"at the height of the great depression" is arguably the most contradictive statement ive ever heard stated.

[@SkullkraneEntertainment]

*Oxymoron*

[@maxis2k]

Monopoly and McDonalds go even better together than I previously thought.

[@ShaunDreclin]

I bet we could put pressure on PB to be open about the real history of the game in today's climate. Even though she's long dead now it would really be nice to fulfill her wish of being properly credited for the invention of the game.

[@nicksterwixter]

I have a version of Monopoly from the 90s and the classic Darrow story is still printed inside. However, I think the story has just been dropped altogether in recent versions.

[@TimboSlice58]

love this channel!

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks!

[@waynehersel3965]

+Today I Found Out Simon, What are you doing up this late? You need your rest. You have videos to make in the morning.

[@CaptainTimo]

You sure did a great job (as always) and really dug deep.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks!

[@packerfan685]

You should do a video on why centuries are a number ahead of the year we are in. For example the 1900's being the 20th century instead of 19th

[@wms1650]

The year 001 through 099 is the 1st century. So year 101 would be the 2nd century.

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

Maggie was too narrow-minded to realize that her game could become huge, and didn't protect her IP well enough, and Darrow was smart enough to make it into the worldwide phenomenon it is today. Honestly, Darrow might as well have invented it.

[@magister343]

Patenting the game as a tool for Georgist propaganda is a bit ironic, as Henry George considered patents to be invalid. He supported trademarks and copyrights on specific ways of expressing ideas, but considered the basic principles behind intentions to be always part of the public domain on which the state had no right to infringe.

[@RyanValizan]

I love your channel, watch it all the time. Have you done, or thought about doing one on the American city block?

[@jesse113553]

So Elizabeth Magie is like the Rosalind Franklin of the Monopoly world.

[@shanyiaroberts96]

Awesome video I had no idea this happened!!

[@metaloversoul6170]

I have a topic I'd like to see covered... What exactly is considered "proper attire" for different situations and by different cultures? ie, What is meant by "black tie"? What do the number of buttons on a coat mean? What does the length of one's tails say about their station? Who should and shouldn't wear tassels?

[@dolan-duk]

This video made me wonder what the oldest "modern" boardgame is. Stuff like Monopoly, Scrabble, etc but not including Backgammon, Chess, Checkers. Can't seem to find a simple answer.

[@Demonskunk]

So you're telling me her game about capitalism was snapped up by ravenous capitalism? What bittersweet irony.

[@magister343]

It was not about capitalism, but rentierism. Georgists are huge proponents of the free market and free trade. We are the most radical of the classical liberals, the most extreme libertarians can be without embracing anarchism.

[@RichardServello]

So many past inventions and achievements have been stolen. Always good when the truth is revealed.

[@xelgringoloco2]

Its why intellectual property is such a big deal these days

[@JoJoJoker]

Do not pass Go? Do not collect $100!

[@waynehersel3965]

+Abe Froman Abe, is that you? The Sausage King of Chicago! It's great to see you again, but we really should discuss the bill for your last visit.

[@zekkism7279]

Wayne Hersel

[@magister343]

Georgism is not anti-capitalist. Henry George was the best ally true capitalist ever had, but the harshest antagonist to cronies who profiteered from government granted privileges (including land titles).

[@rwb616]

I should be going to bed...but there's a new "Today I Found Out" 😅

[@tubester4567]

I have never completed a game of monopoly. I always got bored with it.

[@yhumixiv]

tubester4567 Play it correctly, as another video on this channel so explains, I always played one or two rules a bit off but I've played a few games over Christmas with the correct rules and it really does speed up the game AND make it more tense and fun.

[@nicksterwixter]

Exactly--if you play strictly by the official rules, it turns into a 1 to 2 hour game instead of a game that last literally forever. And it usually stays exciting the whole way through.

[@RandomAmerican3000]

You almost had a really good pun there.

[@ThePredator32]

Another tip to drastically speedup your game of monopoly, don't wait until most of the properties are bought to start making trades. if you and someone else each have 1 of 3 for a monopoly and the third property is unbought immediately trade so you each have 2 of 3. A set where 3 players all of 1 property each is essentially dead. Early trades make favorable deals more likely later on and gives people monopolies sooner thus speeding the game up.

[@nickyam8474]

I like watermelon flavoured frogs 🐸 I hope this gets lost in the sea of comments...

[@PugLoverSweg]

/\///\/JA Nick I hope I doesn't

[@Siberius-]

It's obvious that you don't hope for that at all.

[@finnthefrog4354]

please my friends

[@CASSIOPEIAMASHUPS]

/\///\/JA Nick you eat frogs?

[@theQiwiMan]

When someone on the Left rails against "Capitalism", they are complaining about "Corporatism". (Or "Crony-Capitalism") When someone on the right praises "Capitalism", they are talking about "Free Market Capitalism". One of the biggest blunders in all of human history is that both (opposite) ideologies are referred to by the same name by most people. Corporatism is horrible. Free Markets led to the greatest prosperity the human race has ever known.

[@tohopes]

They're referred to incorrectly because many people are hysterical and love having a scapegoat.

[@mncdssctn9110]

theQiwiMan True.

[@Quagthistle]

Free Market Capitalism lends itself toward Corporatism because "rational economic actors" (who supposedly set the prices in a free market) are easily manipuated by Corporations, engines designed to exploit those "free" actors. The same will happen in any "free market", just as it does in Monopoly, reguardless of what term you use for the "Corporations".Once a player rises to the top, they will turn their money to manipulating the efforts of others to further enrich themselves, gobbling up other "free market" businesses and wrestling control of the system from the ordinary people. Governments can buy time for the failing system by putting in place a complex system of regulations, but those governments then become a target of the same corruption that turned the "free" market into a farse. Once corrupted, the government officials secretly bend the regulations, and those at the top are "free" to exploit the markets for their own desires. The only way to prevent this process is an external actor (like a government) controlling/regulating it, but this in turn makes the markets no longer "free" and the government soon becomes corrupted. Taking away the regulations only accelerates the breakdown of an already broken system the regulations were supposedly designed to fix. I've never seen ANY example of Capitalism that didn't end up twisted into the horrible beast that is Corporatism without government regulations acting as a failsafe. In short, "Free Market Capitalism" is a short-term state, not unlike the start of a Monolpoly game. Once a player builds enough "success", usually at the expense of the other players, the roll toward Corporatism is cemented, nigh inexorably. A "Free Market" can never exist for long...

[@SkipTerrio]

theQiwiMan Well said.

[@schumanhuman]

There is always a danger of vested interests and monopoly corrupting the process, but there is always varying degrees of freedom, there is no 'absolute' free market and never was. It's not about regulation. If something is especially egregious it should be banned, if it cannot be banned then it's bad effects should be taxed - as with the land monopoly, and then and only then does regulation play a subsidiary role. People forget that capitalism was a revolt against the feudal landlords, but land is even more than in Magie and Henry George's day a massive factor, and the banks and financial institutions are very much capturing the same 'rent' as under fuedalism, however outwardly different the economy may appear. When more people understand the difference between an earned income and a passively acquired one, aka 'economic rent' we can perhaps move to a better system of actual laissez faire markets. Evidence already shows, when the right policies are enacted in capturing rents rather than taxing productivity, it works just as the theory says it should and does so as far and for as long as it is enacted. There is no utopia, but we can only improve the situation substantially by addressing the monopolies of land and money creation.

[@astronomysandwich375]

I love this channel because it has nothing to do with politics.

[@patrickmarsh2538]

Colt Sewell actually if you watch it enough sometimes you'll clearly see how whoever writes this script seems to not like the president or at least like to poke fun. It's really hard to tell so they wrote it so well. Pretty impressive

[@tetlowracingteam]

hay simon, how can i get one of those hoodies you where in your videos??

[@TodayIFoundOut]

They'll be available pretty soon :-)

[@cubemaster6707]

Today I Found Out Sign me up!

[@marissahammer2229]

Today I Found Out - I definitely want one as well!👍🏼

[@AdrenalineJunkieXL]

at least she is remembered with this show

[@jeremyaks69]

I wanna play monopoly now, ah but woah is me..its a workday. Thanks a lot Simon!

[@thomasj0007]

milton "brady"? seriously? wow.

[@patrickmarsh2538]

Anyone else realize how Monopoly is now a monopoly

[@adolflenin4973]

*realiSe

[@patrickmarsh2538]

@@adolflenin4973 That isn't proper grammar... Ok, so I looked it up, and outside of North America, apparently people use realise...did not know that. What the hell happened to the dictionary?!

[@adolflenin4973]

@@patrickmarsh2538 Usa use the wrong dictionary

[@patrickmarsh2538]

@@adolflenin4973 nope, there is just multiple ways to spell stuff. You sound so superior.

[@jeremyreff5976]

I've heard this story summarized in bits and pieces I was glad to hear it in total

[@johndbuell]

What's the source for the 1890s Magie publication date? All that a lot of us who have researched the game have been able to find are the 1902 references and 1903 patent.

[@spokes5201]

I almost wrecked my '84 Grand Prix in Park Place (a couple miles away from FDR's mother's town of Delano). Ironic thing was, after I saw trees and telephone poles flying past the nose and thinking I would die while it was sliding to a stop? The Police happened to be sitting right there. I should not have had a license after what they surely saw. They threw the lights, questioned me (I said I swerved to miss a deer), and let me go. It was literally a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. Had grass and rocks stuck in between the tires and rims, so it was a bumpy ride home

[@hieuquocnguyen7645]

Or your husband post bail of $1,000?

[@WittyMick03]

7:54 i think you mean if only for few weeks!!

[@EldritchVelvet]

What happened to your merch store?

[@waynehersel3965]

If you guys don't let me win one time, I'm gonna take my Android and go home.

[@wavingsloth3295]

I kid you not I got a monopoly ad before this

[@RPLAsmodeus]

Answer this Simon: When a bird lays an egg. Which end of the egg comes out first, the wide end or the narrow end? And why?

[@Justin-fk6br]

Your next video should be Why bathroom stalls dont reach the ground.

[@TorquemadaTwist]

Justin Butler To promote friendliness. You can wave at your neighbor or share videos from your phone.

[@hcn6708]

As far as I know, Henry George wasn't anti-Capitalist.

[@jackp.2807]

I like Monopoly

[@JohnLeePedimore]

Do one on the Fisher space pen.The myth about the US government spending millions on it is poppycock.

[@freshazzni99a]

Hey Simon!

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Hey Tyrone

[@godthealmighty671]

Tyrone Biggums how them camel dicks Maaaaaan

[@Ubique2927]

I used to live close to the Palitoy factory where the UK version was made. Also where Action Man was also made.

[@deamonic456820]

Well Andrew Carnegie was playing monopoly long before the board game.

[@joshualunderville1349]

Simon, it’s Milton Bradley not Milton Brady

[@kalshaya5155]

Question: do animals communicate with each other from the same species in the same language if they were from other parts of the earth? Ex) do Australian cows and Swiss cows speak the same language? And can they understand each other?

[@lastwolflord]

All great idea's get stolen from someone else. That's how every company in the world worth a fortune got to be worth a fortune.

[@atari_hmb]

Great game, just wish credit was given where credit was due.

[@jonsouth1545]

so its not the same game at all but one that is similar and plays completely differently

[@russellthompson3201]

So, who originally named the streets after Atlantic City. It's hard to imagine Quakers at A.C. in the 30's

[@Minecraftpe5]

This might sound like a weird questin, but why do a lot of people have a weird right eyebrow? It's like the hairs are more spaced out on the left side of the right eyebrow.

[@TheTwilitHero]

Holy shit, feminists can actually make good games! Gamergaters know what I'm on about.

[@peepiepo]

I think the feminists of the early 20th century were a different breed

[@ChristopherWeaver1]

I dont call them feminist i call them Activist BECAUSE THEY GET SHIT DONE (without bitching on twitter)

[@Zieekel]

Here's a video idea: Why hasn't the US adopted the metric system yet?

[@johnbunyan5834]

Zieekel . Because it is only useful for scientists.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Parker bros did at least pay her. I think they did well by her except keeping the kids going

[@lowcontrast]

Well. 25 seconds in, You answered the title of the video. next lol

[@narflet]

GO QUAKERS!

[@xodarap37]

Milton BRADLEY...

[@prestonallender]

HELLOO, I'M SIIIMON WHISTLER

[@tohopes]

*Wislah

[@airbomb34]

WRONG. It was the Scotty dog which is why there is a dog player piece.

[@kerbo312]

I played monopoly Simpsons yesterday

[@alls0p69]

Is Milton "Brady" actually Milton Bradley? Just curious if it was a slip or...

[@pennyfish89]

destroying friendship since 1933

[@LifeAsANoun]

*Milton Bradley @7:20

[@geraldrob5150]

There should really be a contest for the first person to recognise your intentionally mispronounced word in each episode. To make it more competitive, you could vary the number of the correct guesser. (like the 25th correct guess, or 68th best guess, etc.)

[@ItsFuzzyMeatloaf]

Why are teddy bears named after Theodore Roosevelt?

[@hieuquocnguyen7645]

Because teddy was a nickname of this USA president.

[@TheGammelfjols]

LVT is not anti capitalist its anti monopolist. and there is a big difference moden georgists. is more thinking, a tax on natural opportunities than, land when we talk about a LVT now. And now we cover, monopoles like google facebook and so on. its NOT anti capitalism its anti. monopolist polisy. the moden georgist is not a leftist or right wing. akterly we dont want to be hold in that, bound of left vs right.

[@elainebines6803]

very interesting and unique on KZbin 🎀

[@qbmac2306]

Why does my life have no purpose?

[@9HighFlyer9]

QB Mac your purpose is to ensure the survival of the next generation

[@Serversurferz]

9HighFlyer9 Which doesn't have purpose.

[@9HighFlyer9]

Myke the way I see it is whether we are by accident and circumstance or as the ant farm to a dude in the clouds our purpose is just to make sure the next generation survives long enough to do the same. if by chance we reach some ultimate enlightenment then we can have a new purpose.

[@Maarten8867]

People with a smile on their face never ask that question.

[@Serversurferz]

WindowCat because they are Idiots and take emotion over fact.

[@donaldstorm4959]

thank you for that it is a Pennsylvania game and the New Jersey game the whole Delaware Valley was playing this and it was lots of fun and to this day it still is all the streets and everything or all places that you find in Atlantic City New Jersey later in the forties and fifties and sixties and seventies when people used to flock to the shore in the evenings people would play this game and on rainy days they would play this game and was so much fun that marvelous woman who invented this game when the Quaker man from Philadelphia who perfected it thank them all 4 years of fun, my name is Bob storm and I grew up in Upper Dublin Pennsylvania right outside of the town of Ambler a great game for kids and adults.

[@waynehersel3965]

+Donald Storm Donald, I counted. There are 134 words in your comment. And one period. One. My eyes started twitching halfway through the paragraph. Punctuation is a convenient way to allow your readers to more easily understand the thoughts that you are trying to convey. And you're insane.

[@waynehersel3965]

+Thomast Tham Donald Storm uses no periods in his comments, and you use too many. You guys really should get together and figure this thing out. And put down the bong.

[@donaldstorm4959]

when I was in school I had some teachers that used to say Here Comes storm i the eye of the storm that's so funny you said that!

[@donaldstorm4959]

thanks mate

[@waynehersel3965]

+Donald Storm I don't mean to be a wanker. I was just screwing around on the Internet. Apologies from the States.

[@Iadrov]

Hello from France! Have a question for you: why people of certain culture (U.S.A., Central Africa, etc) tend to speak much louder? It seems they absolutely don't notice.

[@TheHaviocdarkmoon]

im wounderig can you explain where the cloth version of the game came from i have seen a round version of the game that was on cloth and not a broad in the early days

[@waynehersel3965]

Arrrrgh. This video was uploaded 45 seconds ago. How can I be 6th? You guys are cheating. This just isn't fair.

[@donaldstorm4959]

Wayne Hersel now now let's play nice click to $200 and win the game!!!!

[@waynehersel3965]

+Donald Storm Hey Donald, how are things in the U.K? I was watching this video again, and I thought of you. Good day, mate.

[@houndlifevlogs1055]

Board games can be fun. Although I don't know of too many. Any suggestions?

[@hieuquocnguyen7645]

I knowed another board games as well, like: a survey of 100 people asked this question: name a type of a board game. I saw this question when I play Family Feud on the NES. Besides Monopoly, there are 5 other board games, is: Scrabble, Life, Backgammon, Chess and Fire.

[@LividImp]

Why do hospitals advertise? Seems like the biggest waste of money.

[@njdotson]

Livid Imp That's kind of off topic.

[@LividImp]

Where do you think they get their questions to answer? People leave them in the comments.

[@ChristopherWeaver1]

Hospitals are in the capitalist game Here in america at least. I think the government just gives them funding. Lol jk they dont give a shit

[@LividImp]

Actually you might not be joking after all. I've heard that the reason they do it is because they are funneling government granted "awareness" campaign money through a series of loopholes into their ad budget. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but that does sound plausible. Hospitals never advertised when I was a kid. Seems like it started mainly in the 90s. I was hoping I could pique Simon's interest and exploit his research experience to see if he could come up with something.

[@avlisk]

Bradley.

[@charliew6320]

Why are dice cubes with 6 sides and not pyramids with 4

[@Oneiroclast]

Not all dice are cubes. d4s are pyramid-shaped, d8s are octahedral, etc.

[@hieuquocnguyen7645]

There are 6 available dices, including: original square d6, pyramid d4, and even diamond shaped d10.

[@laurencestemarie]

MY MOM !!! WOOOOOOOOO

[@liamolaoghaire]

Wait wait so you said Maggie made games which held different views. So does that mean there is a sister game to the landlords game?

[@rabidfurify]

I believe that there were 2 sets of rules to play with the same board though I don't really know anything more than that.

[@sinarannetwork6666]

you look like vsauce

[@Charlies_Factory]

Saying lizzie invented monopoly is like saying the caveman who invented the wheel invented the car.

[@nthperson]

There is so much more to the story of how the game of monopoly came to be. I have prepared a fairly brief video to tell this story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2W2d62piNOgoq8

[@fireflocs]

Why are pink and blue the girl and boy colors? Are there any times/places where other colors are/were associated with the sexes?

[@AO968]

I heard that the roles were reversed prior to the 1960s (boys pink and girls blue). However, it came from a feminist video, so I'm taking that with a huge grain of salt.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH22ZJVpd66tnck :-)

[@fireflocs]

Today I Found Out Dang. Was hoping to get a question you guys hadn't done yet. Thanks for the link though.

[@ikmnification5737]

^ This video makes me want a video completely on the times one generation fought for something to change, and then the next generation fought for change which was pretty much going back to how it was prior.

[@fireflocs]

Actually, I think I have one. Why is it okay for women to wear pants in the modern western world, but still not okay for men to wear dresses?

[@trevorwilliams6362]

This is pretty sad.

[@mike_dunno]

who really invented the game of war?

[@joemanfred5738]

the legend27

[@mike_dunno]

it can't be....no

[@ChristopherWeaver1]

Cavemen

[@xfirexheartx8885]

This is why I hate History class, it's too easy to be lied to so why waste time on it at all?

[@moranthang9482]

Can you Guys explain Why its possible to cut you're Finger with Paper and why do it hurt this much? I Swear i had less painfull broken bones.

[@RanbirDas]

Murica ~!

[@alexandradelliou]

2020: 142

[@eyesopen4053]

If a man gives birth to a child, is he the mother or father?

[@headwyvern11]

What was the anti monopolist game she made?

[@uzi1951]

Milton Bradley not Brady

[@Francisco-j1e]

Wait, nobody owned the lands back in the day, whe the fuck decided whos land is whos?

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Do we have any way of knowing (or getting our hands on) her left-wing version? Monopoly's opposite?

[@bismuththeanarchist7420]

its okay to say anarchist/communist btw