Monopoly players around the kitchen table think the game is all about accumulation. You know, making a lot of money. But the real object is to bankrupt your opponents as quickly as possible. To have just enough so that everybody else has nothing.

Richard Marinaccio, the 2009 U.S. national Monopoly champion

via The Meaning of Monopoly: From American socialism to German hyperinflation to worldwide vulture capitalism, the strange and shifting lessons of a favorite board game.

Interesting take.

Question: If this is indeed the object, what personality, traits, or demographic background might a good monopoly player tend to have?