After some playing time, Elijah and a few other friends gain so much power that they have no competition. They created a cartel, a monopoly. Aha, Monopoly! If you wonder what that means it is exactly this: “the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service”. Basically they rule the game and the others are fucked. The game is now controlled by them. The other kids are depressed, in trouble, disadvantaged, and transformed into thieves and charlatans as their only resort for survival. These disadvantaged ones have no chance against the cartel.
Most properties are owned by Elijah and the other cartel members (many of whom they owned before the game started), they have so much money that every time they get ‘taxed’ by the game’s rules it is either that the ‘tax’ is very easy for them to pay
(because they have so much money), or they get
away with it just because they own the game.