I have to agree with Maphesdus here. Each of Atlas Shrugged's minor characters wanted to start their own monopolies within Atlantis. Monopoly is part chance with a large amount of skill. I didn't win every time at Monopoly, but I won a lot more often than anyone I played with. When I lost, it was usually to someone that I considered an equal. Rarely did I lose Monopoly to someone of lesser intelligence. Of the "games of chance", poker and blackjack are likewise won by men of the mind far more often than those who don't know how to count cards.