The Game of Monopoly | Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E.

Introduction
Monopoly 60th Anniversary Collector's Edition

The current version of the game of Monopoly was created in the year 1934 during the Great Depression and it became an immediate success. In 1935 Parker Brothers began the mass production and distribution of the game. At the current time the company makes and sells the game of Monopoly in 103 countries and the game has been translated into 37 different languages. It has been estimated that the game has been played by more than 500 million people.

All players begin with the same amount of money and all players take turns. The casting of two dice determines the number of spaces a player can advance around the game board, Therefore random chance determines where a player will land when it is that player's turn to cast the two dice. A player may have to draw a card from one of the two decks of cards on the game board and the card may benefit the player or penalize the player. A player may be sent to jail and the player will not be allowed to pass "GO" and collect some more money. A player can pay a fine to get out of jail or try to get out of jail by rolling the dice.

If a player lands on a property square or a utility square or a railroad square and the property has not yet been purchased then the player has the option to buy the square the player landed on. The player will receive a deed for the property or a "stock certificate" for a utility or a railroad.

If the player can obtain all the properties of the same color then the player has a "monopoly" on those properties and this gives the player the option to invest more money in those properties by building houses or a motel on them. Houses and motels increase the "rent" that other players have to pay the owner of the property if other players land on that property. The more utilities and railroads that a player owns allows the player to increase the price the player can charge other players who land on their utilities or railroads.

If a player needs money to continue playing the game then the player can sell their houses and motels for half the price the player paid for them. Or the player can mortgage their properties to the bank. If a player is not able to pay his debts then the player is bankrupt and the player loses the game. During the Great Depression this was equivalent to becoming a "hobo." In modern terms it is equivalent to becoming a "homeless person."

If all the players except one become bankrupt then the one solvent player wins the game. If the game stops due to time issues then the players sell their houses and motels and they mortgage all their property and convert everything into money. The player with the most money wins the game.

The people who play the game of Monopoly know that the paper money used in the game isn't real. When the game is over all the pretend money is returned to the game box until the next time the game is played.

Discussion
For thousands of years civilized nations used a variety of different metals as money. The most common metals included bronze, copper, silver, and gold. Prices were established based on the weight of a specific metal and scales were used to weigh the metals when those metals were used to buy something.

The Holy Bible condemns the use of dishonest scales and measures:

Leviticus 19:35-36 - New International Version:
35 " 'Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
36 Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, ' "
Proverbs 11:1 - New International Version:
1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight.
Jeremiah 32:10 - New International Version:
10 I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Governments gradually began minting coins of bronze, copper, silver, and gold and the image of the current ruler was usually stamped on the coins to help certify that the coins were genuine and that they were of a specific weight and purity. This reduced the need to use scales to weigh the coins. However, dishonest people would file a tiny amount of the metal off the edges of the coins in order to steal some money. This also allowed a dishonest person to pay less for the things they bought. Therefore scales had to be reintroduced to verify that the correct weight of metal was being received.

When the current ruler of a nation died all the coins in circulation were gradually collected, melted down, and minted into new coins of the proper weight and with the image of the new ruler. People with old coins gradually turned them in for the new coins and the number of new coins they received was based on the weight of their old coins.

Governments gradually began minting coins with reeded or ridged or grooved edges and this helped to minimize the filing of the outside edges off the coins because a damaged coin would be immediately weighed to determine its "true" value.

Then governments began using paper money. As long as the government would redeem their paper money for silver or gold then the government's paper money was honest money and it was accepted as being equivalent to silver and gold. This allowed people to carry larger amounts of money in a very small space and the paper money weighed almost nothing. Paper money could be hidden inside special waterproof pouches that would fit inside the lining of a hat, or inside the lining of articles of clothing, or inside a secret compartment in a "money belt" and that belt could be wrapped around a person's waist beneath their clothes or the belt could be used to hold a person's pants up.

This changed the way that dishonest people could steal money. Counterfeiting became a very significant problem because it allowed dishonest people to put fake money into circulation. However, it also became very, very easy for a government to put more money into circulation because they were theoretically issuing "real" money and not counterfeit money. When the government put more money into circulation it was called "inflation" and it was never called "counterfeiting." However, inflation allowed a government to legally "shave the edges off their silver and gold coins" but they didn't have to actually alter the coins. All they had to do was create more paper money or more digital money.

However, when a government experienced financial problems due to mismanagement, inflation, or corruption, then the government would stop redeeming their paper money for silver and gold (because they didn't have enough or sometimes none) and this eventually resulted in the collapse of that currency. Sometimes the collapse occurred in a few weeks or months, and sometimes a few years, and sometimes a few decades. The amount of time that elapsed depended on the greed of a few leaders and the amount of "new" money they created.

People have not changed in thousands of years and most of us don't learn from history, Most of us only remember things that have happened during our own lifetimes. Therefore the average person in most countries of the world, except for Germany and Zimbadwe, does not understand that the paper money that they currently use to pay for stuff does not have any intrinsic value as a piece of paper or as a digital electron. Paper money and digital electrons only have value if they can be used to buy stuff. However, many people are becoming concerned about the value of their money because it is currently taking a lot more money to pay for the same exact amount of food that they were eating in January of 2022. Many people are beginning to intimately understand the concept of inflation, or legalized counterfeiting by their own government, because food is approximately 40% to 50% more expensive in November of 2022 when compared to January of 2022. But most people's paychecks have not increased. And some people are now earning less money and some people have lost their jobs. In the not too distance future many people may become intimately acquainted with hyper-inflation and they will wish they had understood hyper-inflation from a theoretical perspective when they could have taken action to partially mitigate its impact on their lives before hyper-inflation succeeded in completely destroying their lives.

The recent cooperation and the agreement of governments all over the world on the official policies on how to deal with covid-19 have revealed that there are some people in every government who have the same objectives on how the world should be ruled. If this is true then there may already be a plan in existence to deal with the eventual collapse of all the fiat currencies worldwide. One simple solution would be to blame the collapse of all fiat currencies on the fact that there were too many different fiat currencies and trying to manage the exchange rates between those fiat currencies became impossible. The collapse had nothing to do with the governments and their leaders who issued and managed those currencies. The problem was that there were too many fiat currencies. All of these problems can be immediately solved by having one digital fiat currency that all nations will use in the future. This will eliminate counterfeiting problems and exchange rate problems and problems with illegal drugs and with crime organizations. In the future everything will need to be paid for with this new worldwide digital fiat currency including food, clothing, rents, appliances, tools, medicine, doctors, hospitals, insurance, taxes, automobiles, gasoline, diesel, natural gas, electricity, and water. And a new bank account will be created for every person who wants one, and all of their exiting money will be converted into the new worldwide digital fiat money, and everyone will be issued a new official currency card, similar to a credit card or debit card. And nobody will have to remember any password or security number because everyone's card will only access that person's account when that person puts their "live finger" on the special area of a computer screen and the computer verifies their fingerprint or thumbprint. People everywhere can convert their metal coins and their paper money and the money in their bank accounts into the new worldwide digital fiat currency for a limited amount of time. However, after the official deadline has passed no government will accept or honor any of its old money and that money will become officially worthless. Therefore people will need to act promptly to keep whatever money they have. This will force people to convert their hidden cash money into the new worldwide digital fiat currency. This will give the governments of the world complete total absolute control over what people can buy and sell, and the government will know exactly how much money each person has. And if a person has an opinion about anything that does not match the government's current officially endorsed opinion then the government can temporarily freeze that person's currency card to force that person to become an obedient servant of the government and to publicly change their opinion so that it agrees with the government's current officially endorsed opinion.

Although the governments of the world will strongly encourage everyone to convert all of their silver and gold into the new worldwide digital fiat currency, only a few simple minded people will comply. Most of the people who acquired silver and gold will hold onto their precious metals because they know that a precious metal is not in the same category as paper money. A precious metal has intrinsic value as a precious metal and it will still be worth something 1,000 years from now just like silver and gold that was mined centuries ago still has value today.

Many people will be willing to immediately accept the new worldwide digital fiat currency just like they willingly accepted their government's policies for dealing with covid-19. Even though an avalanche of horrible vaccine problems have been revealed on YouTube and on the internet (but not in the main stream media) many people are still lining up to get the latest covid-19 booster shot. Why should we expect anything different when the new worldwide digital fiat currency is introduced?

Some people may not believe that a worldwide digital fiat currency is feasible. However, the individuals who control the independent banking systems of the world will have no reason to not support this new fiat currency and they will have a very good reason to support it because their current fiat currency will be in default. Many of these banking chief executives may already be in collusion with the government leaders of their nation who endorsed and enforced the covid-19 policies on the citizens under their control.

Whoever has control of the money has control of a family, or a business, or an organization, or a government, or a nation.

Only a few ultra-rich families own the banking cartels in the various nations around the world. The banking cartels create the fiat money and they distribute that money to other banks, big and small, and those other banks are called "member banks." The "member banks" are the retailers that distribute the fiat money to the governments and to the citizens of the world. When one of the "member banks" gets into a financial mess then its "mother banking cartel" intervenes and decides how to "save" the bank by giving it an influx of fiat money, or by allowing the insolvent bank to be absorbed by another bank. It is important to maintain the illusion of solvency in the fiat money pyramid so that the governments of the world and the people of the world will continue to play the fiat money game. When a currency fails the only winner in the game will be the banking cartel that created that currency and that used their fiat money to purchase real assets such as real estate, and stocks in major corporations, and stocks in major utility companies. When the fiat currency of a banking cartel fails then the government and the people lose the game but the ultra-rich families that owned the banking cartel will still own the corporations and utility companies that they purchased with their fiat money. And the government will bear the blame for the failure of the fiat currency because the government authorized the use of the fiat currency.

The fiat money game is in serious financial trouble worldwide and it is almost time to declare "game over." This is the reason the banking cartels are flooding the world with more fiat money and it is the reason that "real prices" are currently increasing by 5% or more almost every month. The ultra-rich families that own the banking cartels want to buy as many real assets as they can while they still can. When a currency collapses the only winners will be the ultra-rich families that owned the banking cartels because they will have already used the fiat money they created to gradually buy all the assets they desired, including real estate and major corporations. When a banking cartel fails it is not the same as a corporation that goes bankrupt. The cartel will fail but the ultra-rich families that own the cartel will still be ultra-rich because the ultra-rich families bought real assets with their "monopoly" money. All the banking cartels need to do is to convince the governments of the world and the people of the world that the old game is now over and that it is time to start a new game using a new fiat currency. In other words, the current game of Monopoly is over and it is time to start a new game of Monopoly. However, the same ultra-rich families will still be in control of the new fiat currency system because they have a "monopoly" on the creation of fiat money. Everyone else will just be a player who will be doomed to lose the game in the long-run.

The recent creation of a variety of different digital currencies is simply an attempt by some really smart people to get into the money creation game. But those digital currencies are also fiat currencies and all of them will also fail.

As a side note the new worldwide digital fiat currency will probably not be accepted by every country in the world. For example, it will probably not be accepted by Russia or China because they understand the fiat currency monopoly game and they will refuse to play. (Note: Brazil, India, and some Middle East nations may or may not accept the new currency depending on how many of their leaders can be successfully bribed.) Therefore Russia and China will need to be slandered by the news agencies of the world in order to get most people to view Russia and China as evil wicked godless nations that do not care about human decency and they do not care about doing the morally right thing. When it is not possible to present a reasonable and logical reason why something should be done then the only way to avoid addressing the real issues is to call your opponent a lot of horrible names, and to tell lies about your opponent, and to call your opponent a despicable liar, and to loudly proclaim that your voice is the only voice of truth.

There will be a lot of people in every nation of the world that will not be able to survive under the new worldwide digital fiat currency system. Many of the people in Africa will starve to death. Many of the people in some parts of South America will starve to death. But their deaths will never be reported by the mass news media networks. In many areas food, labor, silver, and gold will become the only possible alternatives to the new worldwide digital fiat currency. That is one of the many reasons that fertilizer was withheld in the spring of 2022. This lack of fertilizer has resulted in less food being harvested in the fall of 2022. Therefore there will be less food competing with the new worldwide digital fiat currency. Food, labor, silver, and gold will probably be used in some black markets to buy stuff that is critical to a family's survival. Unfortunately the new one world government (masquerading as a lot of sovereign independent nations) will probably eventually outlaw the use of food, labor, silver, gold, and precious stones as a medium of exchange and the punishment will probably be severe such as imprisonment, public beatings, and public executions. It will disturb some ethical people that men, women, and children are being publicly executed just for trying to survive and that in the past convicted murderers in the USA were given life prison sentences in heated and air conditioned jails, with three hot meals per day, with free medical care, and with access to a variety of different forms of entertainment. It will be even more disturbing if these people learn that it costs the taxpayers of the USA approximately $1,000,000 to keep one person in jail for 40 years. It may be hard for some people to reconcile this in their minds so they will probably decide to just not think about it. Many decent people will probably become like Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 movie "Gone with the Wind" when she said "I'll think about that tomorrow."

Conclusion
The above may not happen in your lifetime. I do not know the future and it is possible that the above may never happen.

However, world events are currently lining up in exact agreement with the prophecies that are recorded in detail in the Holy Bible in the book of Ezekiel and in the book of Revelation.

Ezekiel 38:1-6 - New International Version:
1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him
3 and say: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army -- your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords.
5 Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets,
6 also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops -- the many nations with you.

Nobody knows the exact identity of Gog and Magog and Gomer. However, the references in the Holy Bible to them coming from the north and from the east of Jerusalem have led some Bible scholars to suspect that they may be called Russia and China in the twenty-first century.

The Mark of the Beast that is mentioned in the book of Revelation will not become a reality until after the midpoint of the seven year tribulation period. However, if a worldwide currency card is issued that requires a person's fingerprint or thumbprint to authorize its use, then after this card has been voluntarily accepted and used by most of the people around the world for several years, then it would be relatively easy to replace the worldwide currency card with a tiny chip that will be embedded in a person's right hand or forehead. That chip will allow the person to buy and sell anything they want and a fingerprint will no longer be necessary. If the implant includes a few microscopic pathogens then it could take several months or years for those toxins to cause some serious problems for everyone who received the implant. This is a very real possibility based on what actually happened to lots of people several months after they received a covid-19 vaccination. (Note: As I clearly explained in one of my other articles the covid-19 vaccination and the boosters are not the Mark of the Beast.)

Revelation 13:16-17 - New International Version:
16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Revelation 16:1-2 - New International Version:
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth."
2 The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.

You still have time to take control of your future.

Please use good judgment and prayer as you make plans for your future and for the future of your family.

May God Bless,
Grandpappy.

Grandpappy's e-mail address is: RobertWayneAtkins@hotmail.com