Quack, New Monopoly Tokens!

Say it isn't so, Hasbro. According to the company that sells Monopoly, the 1935 board game it acquired from Parker Brothers in 1991, a recent online vote led to discontinuing three of the game's original tokens: the Boot, Thimble, and Wheelbarrow. The new tokens replacing them?  A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Penguin, and Rubber Ducky.

Some online posters are fuming, saying the vote and changes reflect modern Americans' ignorance of commerce and aversion to hard work, and the larger imbroglio of "takers," welfare, and entitlement programs. What's next, they ask, renaming the corner Jail a Safe Space?

Will playing with Rubber Duckies make it harder to become monopolists and plutocrats?