DoomsdaysCW<p>Who is the rich <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYorker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorker</span></a> the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonopolyMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonopolyMan</span></a> is based on?</p><p>At first glance, the board game Monopoly doesn’t seem like it has a New York City connection. The man who sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935 was from Philadelphia, and the board features properties in Atlantic City. </p><p>"Then there’s that mustached man long dubbed 'the Monopoly Man' or 'Mr. Monopoly.' He appears on the Chance and Community Chest cards, always in a Depression-era suit with a bowtie and top hat.</p><p>"But the Monopoly Man isn’t just a board game invention—this iconic character (who has an actual name, Rich <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnclePennybags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnclePennybags</span></a>) is supposedly based on the image of an actual New Yorker.</p><p>"So who is he? Apparently he’s modeled after banker <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JPMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JPMorgan</span></a>. Morgan’s company financed some of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a>’s biggest corporations. He consolidated railroads, helped rescue the gold standard, and helped stabilize financial markets during the Panic of 1907, according to History.com. His former mansion on Madison Avenue is now the Morgan Library.</p><p>"Phil Orbanes, a former VP at Parker Brothers and author of The Monopoly Companion, confirmed in this interview that the artist who drew Mr. Monopoly based him on J.P. Morgan."</p><p><a href="https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2021/08/16/who-is-the-rich-new-yorker-the-monopoly-man-is-based-on/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com</span><span class="invisible">/2021/08/16/who-is-the-rich-new-yorker-the-monopoly-man-is-based-on/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManBearPig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManBearPig</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CapitalismKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CapitalismSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonopolyGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonopolyGame</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheLandlordsGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLandlordsGame</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElizabethMagie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethMagie</span></a></p>