Speaking of Monopoly, see, that's the interesting thing. Our public school system sucks, the universities aren't much better, yet somehow our economy kicks ass. Why? Monopoly! Americans are ingrained at an early age with the idea that one must crush one's opponents in capitalistic combat, cheating if possible (steal fromt he bank, just don't get caught). Once removed from the coddling confines of academia and thrust into the Darwinian world of the market, the strong survive and thrive. The weak are culled by tigers, or go to graduate school. Same thing.
To veer sharply off thread, I visited Pensacola recently - when are they going to get rid of that gay-ass air force-style blue/white scheme on the Navy T-6s? I never thought they'd come up with a paint scheme that looked more retarded than int'l orange-and-white, but come on! That was dumb, but at least it was NAVY!