Monday, February 3, 2014

Stratified Monoploy

Overall I had a pretty pleasant experience with stratified monopoly, I was places in working class and I found that I was denied a lot of opportunities but not as many as the lower class. We did not have a very aggressive upper class person so it made the game a little more tolerable. I can see how this game applies to class status in today's society especially since when you have a lot of opportunity or privilege to begin with it seems to be  easier for you to make strides in life. I also can see how when you have a low income status or are unemployed/homeless you would feel the cards are stacked against you because that way of loving is obviously not glorified like the upperclass. I got extremely angry that I couldn't complain about the game I just had to shut up and take it, and I mostly wasn't even upset for myself but my partners having to  pay  to the upperclass or that their luck wasn't very good. I felt super irritated that  there was a rule to enforce the lack of freedom of speech. I definitely see how that pertains to how people feel maybe even in particular women or minorities because they often are not as valued.  Similarly in the end of the game I ran out of money and the lower class had gone bankrupt and selling their property, while the upperclass  kept buying every property for $10 because we couldn't afford them or even buy them period.

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