Abishai100
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Imagine that the Hindu deity Shiva (god of destruction) plays the American real-estate board game Monopoly (Parker Brothers) with a (fictional) demon-warlock named Deformer (a 'magician' who likes to philosophize about the metaphysical 'deformity' surrounding profiteerism).
Shiva is a sage-like deity, while Deformer (as his name implies) is a disfigured Devil's Advocate of sorts.
Shiva suggests that profiteerism-based systems (e.g., capitalism) create opportunities for 'teamwork games' and 'competitive learning,' while Deformer suggests that profiteerism-based systems make 'game-players' look like pirates and sharks (or perhaps even tycoons).
Let's entertain the following mock game-dialogue between these two characters, a mock dialogue that can help us construct discussions about profit-based economic systems.
I'm using the game Monopoly, since it symbolizes competitive bargaining and capital-based decision-making.
Can we use Monopoly to talk about Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations?
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SHIVA: Let's play a round of Monopoly!
DEFORMER: I like the word 'monopoly,' but I suspect Bill Gates does not!
SHIVA: Intellectual property (e.g., Internet-posted data) is still not real estate.
DEFORMER: It is becoming real estate.
SHIVA: Perhaps. You go first in the game.
DEFORMER: I roll a 9 and will purchase the Connecticut Avenue tile.
SHIVA: Trying to collect on the early real-estate groups, eh?
DEFORMER: First-come, first-serve in competitive economics.
SHIVA: My turn. I roll a 11 and will purchase St. Charles Place.
DEFORMER: [25 turns later] I roll 6 and own the red-group with Kentucky Avenue.
SHIVA: [5 turns later] I roll a 10 and will build a hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue.
DEFORMER: [6 turns later] I own the most lucrative pieces (Boardwalk and Park Place).
SHIVA: I own the green, orange, and yellow-groups.
DEFORMER: You own more but less valuable real estate!
SHIVA: Practical diversification of territorial area makes for more holistic empires.
DEFORMER: Monopoly represents risk-scale; greed is only a 'duty-deformity'!
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Shiva is a sage-like deity, while Deformer (as his name implies) is a disfigured Devil's Advocate of sorts.
Shiva suggests that profiteerism-based systems (e.g., capitalism) create opportunities for 'teamwork games' and 'competitive learning,' while Deformer suggests that profiteerism-based systems make 'game-players' look like pirates and sharks (or perhaps even tycoons).
Let's entertain the following mock game-dialogue between these two characters, a mock dialogue that can help us construct discussions about profit-based economic systems.
I'm using the game Monopoly, since it symbolizes competitive bargaining and capital-based decision-making.
Can we use Monopoly to talk about Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations?
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SHIVA: Let's play a round of Monopoly!
DEFORMER: I like the word 'monopoly,' but I suspect Bill Gates does not!
SHIVA: Intellectual property (e.g., Internet-posted data) is still not real estate.
DEFORMER: It is becoming real estate.
SHIVA: Perhaps. You go first in the game.
DEFORMER: I roll a 9 and will purchase the Connecticut Avenue tile.
SHIVA: Trying to collect on the early real-estate groups, eh?
DEFORMER: First-come, first-serve in competitive economics.
SHIVA: My turn. I roll a 11 and will purchase St. Charles Place.
DEFORMER: [25 turns later] I roll 6 and own the red-group with Kentucky Avenue.
SHIVA: [5 turns later] I roll a 10 and will build a hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue.
DEFORMER: [6 turns later] I own the most lucrative pieces (Boardwalk and Park Place).
SHIVA: I own the green, orange, and yellow-groups.
DEFORMER: You own more but less valuable real estate!
SHIVA: Practical diversification of territorial area makes for more holistic empires.
DEFORMER: Monopoly represents risk-scale; greed is only a 'duty-deformity'!
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