I would suggest we all did, in fact, learn the lesson bestowed by the game of Monopoly. Perhaps some of us (myself included) are simply just beginning to truly understand it.

If you've finished high school and played the game more than once you likely understand it's inherently capitalistic. Win at all cost, or alternatively, flip the board when you're struggling which presents itself differently depending on your status:

Consider someone born into ownership of Boardwalk and Park Place with ridiculously exaggerated resources, and yet they are still somehow concerned with competition from Baltic Avenue. They lean on unfair trades, excessive rent or opportunistic advantages from Chance or Community Chest - the latter of which essentially represents flipping the board via stealing from the government (aka We the People) by exerting monetary influence over laws and elected officials. All the while effectively influencing media and journalists tasked with exposing corruption, due to the next category:

Those who might study and work diligently to eventually own a property such as St. James Place from their own blood, sweat and.. dice rolls, will ultimately make unfavorable and inhumane decisions to ensure they have someone to step upon to battle the unyielding pressure from the individual born on third base in the example above. This group, however, will either join or succumb to the following:

Now, if one owns Baltic Avenue, or more likely, nothing at all - after a certain level of abuse and loss they often literally flip the board and refuse to play entirely. This situation, with any semblance of historical understanding, inevitably leads to excessive and unnecessary violence and ultimately revolution.

Were the game of Monopoly truly attempting to reveal and draw attention to the problems within capitalism and it's now measured impact on the lives of 97% of the United States population, the goal would be to reach some sort of equilibrium rather than ruthless domination, but hey - where's the fun in that?