It’s approximately 2001, 2002. I’m a kindergartener, playing monopoly with my mom, step dad, brother, and sister. We’re in a trailer. Brother and Sister are younger and cuter than me, and also not step-children at this house, so my baby brain feels an undertone of jealousy toward them.
So anyway, I start winning, like really winning. I managed to buy a hotel with only a few green houses on the board, so I took off. Everyone was going bankrupt, trying to sell their properties back to the bank. My mom and step dad of course helping my siblings.
Then the bank needed money. My mom came and started taking it from me! I was pissed. How dare she take the money I worked for…everyone started the game at the same time, and the game is supposed to be fair, it’s not rigged or anything. So doesn’t that mean I earned every penny? Shouldn’t I be able to keep my money and watch others face the consequences of losing the game?
Then, she explained to me that I had more than enough money to win the game already, and the money I was giving up would not hurt that. The game isn’t rigged, but rolling dice isn’t exactly an equal playing field. So, if I wanted everyone to be able to keep playing and I wanted to spend time with them, I had to share. I mean, I didn’t really feel like I cared to keep playing with my brother and sister, but it was better than the game ending and being alone in my room.
SO, I understood, and I agreed to share. We all had fun, I still won the game in the end, and they were thankful for my help.
Recall, I was in kindergarten. So this is really just another cliche example showing that billionaires can’t get past a kindergarten-level mindset.
Either they’re too stupid to understand how to get people to like them, or they’re too stupid to understand that the game isn’t fair to begin with…they may have earned every penny, but the world values everyone’s work differently, and that’s what we roll the dice on. That’s not rigged, but that’s not fair.
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