The worldwide famous game where players cash out to buy, sell and take over the board!
Its symbolic parallel lies in the world of corporations, where powerful successful individuals are monopolizing the world and maintain the power to attack and take over nations through the government. An era in which the public sector appears to be in control of the nation, yet above them lie the top CEO's who invest in and make the most influential decisions which affect the globe and its inhabitants. Political parties, banks, police, state laws and media are mere tools through which messages are sent to the people by those in power to maintain a certain 'world view' whereby people follow a rigid guideline of how to behave and what to believe.
The system acts as the parent of society as they claim to work for our benefits yet they are controlled by those who aim for power and profit. In the West, the patriarchy has gone to great lengths to preserve 'order'. In the U.K, people are consistently watched through cameras and in the States, several cases of how the police treat members of society has been put on display such as the recent taser episode. The popular news channels of these countries, CNN and BBC are extremely biased in their views and present information in a manner that ignores the real truth.
Monopoly begins with the private sector, continues with the public sector and results in society's actions. Yet within society itself, monopoly is played amongst members of society through the means of manipulation. A vicious cycle of the colonizer and colonized.. rooting in the 18th century with the ambitions of invaders who took over nations whose patriarchy consisted of God. A game created by men to gain power. The brain sex of a man consists in the goal of MONOPOLY.
