Monopoly was originally created to show the dangers of letting a business become a &quot;monopoly&quot;. That is until the Parker Brothers started making it and marketing it as a game.<p>From Wikipedia[0]:<p>&gt; <i>The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1903,[1][4] when American anti-monopolist Elizabeth (Lizzie) J. Magie Phillips, created a game through which she hoped to be able to explain the single tax theory of Henry George. It was intended as an educational tool to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies.</i><p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Monopoly_(game)#Early_history" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Monopoly_(game)#Early_history</a>