Fidel Castro and Monopoly

Bearman Cartoons Fidel Castro Destroys Monopoly BoardsFun fact cartoon for the day.  Did you know that Fidel Castro wanted to remove any signs of Capitalism when he took power of Cuba?   So one of the first things he did was order all Monopoly Boards destroyed.   In pretty much all communist countries even today, you would be hard pressed to find a Monopoly game anywhere.

 

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74 responses to “Fidel Castro and Monopoly”

  1. George Ford Avatar

    I guess he didn’t want anyone to even play at having a chance to succeed and not be oppressed. Good trivia tip, I like those. And, also, nice Castro. Looks just like him. 🙂

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      That damn game went on so long I never knew anyone to actually win it. haha

  2. Jim Avatar

    Am I the only one who thought of this song, after reading this?

    http://youtu.be/-TxHInkyNpg

    1. Jim Avatar

      Wow. Didn’t know it’d embed the video.

      1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

        I am fancy that way

  3. Jack of Gulls Comic Avatar

    Good thing ‘Connect Four’ is still allowed.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      But no one is allowed to “win”

  4. DadaHyena Avatar

    Maybe he’ll just put out his own version….y’know, with all that capitalism nonsense removed!

    Think you could draw that, Bearman?

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      As I said before…it seems like every time I played Monopoly it turned into a communist regime. If I was winning my sister would say she would quit so I would have to give her half my money to keep playing and visa versa.

  5. Deb Avatar

    Game takes too long to play.
    Fidel looks great!

  6. lisleman Avatar

    That is an odd fact that makes sense. What was his reason for not allowing newer cars to sold there. Actually I don’t know if he directly did much regarding car sales but I know the country has a great collection of 1950 era cars.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Well I don’t think many of the communist countries were manufacturing new cars at that point so I figure he blocked all that as well.

  7. David Hurley Avatar

    Good drawing, Monopoly brings out the worst in people…it was best for us to play Candy Land as kids 🙂

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      I preferred the game of life. You knew where the end was and that it wouldn’t drag on for 20 hours

  8. Comedy Plus Avatar

    Well I didn’t know this, but it makes sense. I would hate for one person to make all our decisions for us and it appears that our crop of politicians are doing just that. Both sides of the aisle too.

    Have a terrific day. 🙂

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      It is interesting that politicians can’t agree on anything but they come together to screw the American public every time

      1. Binky Avatar

        That is their job, and they do it well.

        1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

          So why am I paying them for that?

          1. Binky Avatar

            Apparently they must be smarter than us. We pay them to rob us.

  9. Joseph Avatar

    Do not pass Go, do not collect $200! Go straight to jail!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      I always landed on there

    2. Tony McGurk Avatar

      Doh!!! I was gunna say that…

      1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

        Well at least I have company

  10. frigginloon Avatar

    You would have thought he would have loved Monopoly ….”Go to Jail, go directly to jail”. I bet he would always pick the boot piece too.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Not enough room. Why have jail when you can force labor out of people.

  11. Binky Avatar

    II didn’t know that. Maybe we should smuggle some Monopoly games into Cuba and make a fortune. Well, maybe a little bitty fortune.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      They smuggle cigars out, we smuggle Monopoly in.

      1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

        Maybe you could get a Monopoly on smuggling cigars.

        1. Binky Avatar

          We need to work on that!

  12. Michael Corley Avatar

    He changed all the peices to “cigar”

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Unfortunately they were all recalled because at that size, they looked like little tiny vibrators.

  13. C. Glen Williams Avatar

    It’s especially interesting when you learn that the prototype of Monopoly — “The Landlord’s Game” — was actually created by an American socialist as an illustration of the perils of a private land ownership system.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      hmmm…didn’t know that. Makes sense

  14. Mark Stokes Avatar

    I never took him for a board-playin’ man. Nice work, Bearman!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      What about Water Board?

  15. Tim Green Avatar

    Maybe Castro was being backed by the “Yahtzee” folks!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Roll the dice and take your chances.

  16. Bill Murphy Avatar

    A very good friend of mine was raised in communist Cuba.
    Oh the fun stories he tells!

      1. Bill Murphy Avatar

        It’s like one of those Debbie Downer skits from SNL.

        We’ll be in a group talking about childhood memories of opening presents and he’d chime in…
        “When I was growing up in communist Cuba, we were only allowed three toys per year.” Then after everyone takes a moment to look around at each other he’d follow up with… “And only one was allowed to have batteries”.

        I showed him this comic and he got a big kick out of it. Mostly because he had an “Illegal” Monopoly set in his house. His parents made sure he never told a soul that his family had it. And whenever a piece got lost, his grandfather would carve a replacement piece out of wood.

        I had to listen to an hour and a half of Communist Cuba storied to give you this information. I hope you enjoyed it! 😛

        1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

          Wow…I could sit down with him for hours and listen.

  17. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    Great Castro drawing. I used to love Monopoly…that was way before video games though.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      So now you play video games constantly

      1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

        Not constantly. Just a few hours a day in my spare time.

  18. Dave Avatar

    In good old Capitalist countries we have scads of Monopoly games. Way too many versions. Simpsons, your favorite college team, etc.

  19. Tony McGurk Avatar

    I was like Castro when our kids were teenagers. The way they would fight & argue over Monopoly disputes was terrible. One day I was so sick of their bickering over it that I grabbed the board & money & pitched the whole lot into the fire.

    Then I was the bad guy…
    You just can’t destroy someone’s favourite game & stay the good guy. That is obviously where Fedel went wrong.

    1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

      I think you would look good in one of those caps like Castro wore.

      1. Joseph Avatar

        Ha! Poor poor teens. I can vividly imagine everybody watching as the board, money, cards and pieces slowly burned.

        1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

          The question is did the little metal pieces melt too?

          And the second question is did your wife make you shell out more money to replace the one you burned.

          1. Tony McGurk Avatar

            Q1. Hmmm…. We didn’t have little metal pieces. We only had grey plastic pieces which melted for sure. We must’ve had the cheapskate version instead of the deluxe version. This was the only time I burned hundreds of thousands of dollars

            Q2. She was glad I burned it ‘cos she was sick of the fighting over it too. She agreed with me that they weren’t getting another one.

          2. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

            If I was your kid I would have bought it for you for xmas

  20. Jason Avatar

    Monopoly is fun when you can find friends willing to devote the time it takes to play.

  21. Jande Avatar

    I’m with Castro (looks good, btw)! Burn ’em all!

    Horrible game.

  22. Joseph Avatar

    I like Monopoly but we never finish the game. Ever. It just drags on and on.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      I like it until all the property is sold.

  23. spilledinkguy Avatar

    Dictopoly.
    Er…
    dictatoropoly.
    Er…

    1. spilledinkguy Avatar

      Oh boy. Forgot to capitalize.
      I’ll be taken to one of those small, green plastic houses and never be heard from again.
      🙁

      1. Tony McGurk Avatar

        Maybe the plastic houses are made of soylent green???

        1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

          RJ is soylent green

          1. Bearman Avatar

            RJ = spilledinkguy

  24. JerryBenedict Avatar

    I suppose he put a hotel on Boardwalk, and didn’t want to give it up!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      He owns them all I think

  25. benzeknees Avatar
    benzeknees

    There’s an online version, I wonder if he has tried to block it too? From what I saw 10 years ago, most people would not have access to computers or internet at home anyway. Their needs are all met, but no luxuries. I did not know until we visited Cuba that the government pays to bury all its citizens.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You are obviously not a US citizen then. Haha

  26. benzeknees Avatar
    benzeknees

    I am a Canadian, but we were warned not to get our passports stamped or it could impede our entry into the US for a year after our visit to Cuba. Luckily for us, they only stamped our “Tourista” cards in & out.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      INteresting. I think the US needs to give up on this thing. It isn’t like we stop people from going to worse areas of the world.

  27. Andro Avatar

    Spoilsports 🙁 lol
    This is a fun cartoon
    of Fidel Castro…
    He even looks as
    though he might
    crack a smile too…
    Nah too miserable 🙁

    Have a great Monday 🙂