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Young Entrepreneurs; Monday, Period 6 [ 02/23 ].
There were the usual treats and coffee waiting for everyone, with a high chance of pie, too, and tomorrow was Turtle's birthday, so she decided to take it easy today.
"Okay, guys! I've got some stuff coming in for the kits, and we need to think about writing up those little booklets, but, mostly today, I think we could just have some fun." She hopped off the desk, moving to the blackboard, and wrote in big letters the word MONOPOLY. "Now," she said, "as entrepreneurs, you should know this word. Monopoly means that you pretty much have a hold on everything; no one else can compete with you because you're that powerful. I'm sure this is a pretty familiar concept for some of you here. Governments on this world say this is bad; I say it's only bad if you're being a dictator with your monopoly." She shrugged. "It's up in the air, I guess. I mean, let's say that Turtle & Canary was the only place to get something on the island. Clothes, for example. If Turtle & Canary was the only place that sold clothes, then I would have a monopoly on it. However, since there's also Pixie Dust, I don't have a monopoly on it, and we're in competition...friendly, free-market economy competition...with each other, and people can choose if they want to buy clothes at Turtle & Canary, or go to Pixie Dust and pay way too much."
"What it also is," she continued, "is a game, so we're going to play some of that. Of course, Monopoly is a game that lasts forever and a day, so we're just going to play until the end of the hour and whoever gets closest to a monopoly will win! Might I also add that the game Monopoly is really a poor mark-up of how real monopolies work, but it's fun anyways."
"Okay, guys! I've got some stuff coming in for the kits, and we need to think about writing up those little booklets, but, mostly today, I think we could just have some fun." She hopped off the desk, moving to the blackboard, and wrote in big letters the word MONOPOLY. "Now," she said, "as entrepreneurs, you should know this word. Monopoly means that you pretty much have a hold on everything; no one else can compete with you because you're that powerful. I'm sure this is a pretty familiar concept for some of you here. Governments on this world say this is bad; I say it's only bad if you're being a dictator with your monopoly." She shrugged. "It's up in the air, I guess. I mean, let's say that Turtle & Canary was the only place to get something on the island. Clothes, for example. If Turtle & Canary was the only place that sold clothes, then I would have a monopoly on it. However, since there's also Pixie Dust, I don't have a monopoly on it, and we're in competition...friendly, free-market economy competition...with each other, and people can choose if they want to buy clothes at Turtle & Canary, or go to Pixie Dust and pay way too much."
"What it also is," she continued, "is a game, so we're going to play some of that. Of course, Monopoly is a game that lasts forever and a day, so we're just going to play until the end of the hour and whoever gets closest to a monopoly will win! Might I also add that the game Monopoly is really a poor mark-up of how real monopolies work, but it's fun anyways."
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And the ethical arguments about whether or not you can grant immunity are always a nice touch.