# Was Monopoly originally meant to teach people about the evils of capitalism?

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**Created:** [March 18, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-monopoly-originally-meant-to-teach-people-about-the-evils-of-capitalism/575110 "2011-03-18T03:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-monopoly-originally-meant-to-teach-people-about-the-evils-of-capitalism/575110/21 "2011-03-27T19:43:27Z")

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> [@John\_W.Kennedy](#):
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> So are you saying that, say, Donald Trump isn’t a capitalist?

Donald Trump certainly is capitalist. But donald trump isn’t. Correct grammar always uses capitalism for proper names. ::: duck :::

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