An alternative to 'Monopoly'

[marmar]

Teach Your Children Well: Don't Play Monopoly

Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:00
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview




Do you really need to own Boardwalk and Park Place and all the associated property to be a winner? That's how it works with Monopoly. But isn't that the sort of board game teaching the wrong lessons to our children - and to us?

Don't we have enough corporations and businesses monopolizing our economy and owning our government?

Enter Co-opoly, a board game where cooperative business are developed through team strategy. In short, sharing knowledge and creating cooperative strategies determine whether everyone wins or everyone loses. It's not about an individual grabbing up all the wealth and bankrupting others; it's about the economic success of people working together.

Co-opoly is the creation of The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA), a worker-owned cooperative based out of Northampton, Massachusetts. They create and distribute educational resources on social and economic change for activists, organizers and educators. TESA also partners with other social justice organizations to build the materials and programs they need to effectively teach about their causes. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16512-teach-your-children-well-dont-play-monopoly

[Buzz Clik]

1. If you land on "Chants" ...

... you get a card like, "War Protest". All the players then shout in unison, "Hell, no! We won't go! We won't fight for Texaco."

Or "Monsanto", prompting, "Up your nose with your GMOs!"

Sounds like a lot of fun.

[xchrom]

2. du rec. nt

[Pelican]

3. Good way for your kid to get beat up...

"Look fellas! I brought Co-opoloy... My mom says its cool!"

*collective groan*

[Kingofalldems]

4. Beat up?

[cbdo2007]

5. This game sounds terrible. Screaming matches over Monopoly are some of the

highlights of my youth.

[Socialistlemur]

6. Is this funny or what?

I've heard of funny ideas, but this one really ranks near the top, with the one about averaging the Olympic race times and awarding every runner a tin token.