The U.S. Economy Is One Giant Game of Monopoly with No Hotels Left

June 30, 2025

Every time you pass “Go,” you hope for a little relief.

But the houses are gone. The hotels are hoarded. And the rent keeps rising.

Welcome to the economy in 2025.

It’s not capitalism.

It’s Monopoly—rewritten by central banks.

But The Banker Isn’t Just Watching. He’s Playing Too.

In the original game, the banker handles the money. Fairly. From the sidelines.

But in this version?

The Fed prints money like extra cash slips from the tray.

It buys up debt. Mints liquidity. Moves the rate dice behind closed doors.

And if the game looks shaky?

They just rewrite the rules mid-round.

In classic Monopoly, you lose when there’s nothing left to build—and someone else owns the board.

That’s where we are.

The average American can’t afford a starter home.

Private equity scooped up Main Street.

Interest rates rose—but home prices didn’t fall.

It’s not a correction. It’s consolidation—by the players who already won.

The Game Ends When One Player Owns Everything

Real Monopoly ends the same way every time:

One person has all the assets.

The rest? Mortgaged. Bankrupt. Or just quitting.

Sound familiar?

When capital centralizes, the game isn’t just unfair.

It’s unplayable.

And unlike game night, there’s no rematch tomorrow.

So What Do You Do?

You stop playing by their rules:

  • Start accumulating assets that aren’t printed at will.

  • Start focusing on income that doesn’t depend on dice rolls.

  • Start learning the rules they don’t teach—because they don’t want you to know them.

Because if you wait until the board flips…

You won’t get another turn.

—DotD