Before any of that, we need to figure out how to have a (nearly) self-sufficient ecosystem. Otherwise, feeding and providing air to those Martians will be very expensive. Building rockets is the easy part - we had that basic technology in the 1970s.
I don't think the author is using the term "monopoly" the right way. At least, the description of "The Nutcracker", while certainly interesting, doesn't meet any of the definitions at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monopoly .
To answer the title's question, likely no. Even leaving out the indigenous JDs, I would be astonished if the children in Puerto Rico, St. Augustine, and Santa Fe (in 1620 about 100, 50, and 10 years old, respectively) didn't include some JDs.
I recall my Dad saying - this must have been around 1980 - that people once predicted the future interstates would all be simply grassy strips for hovercars to go on.
Their web site lists only 1398 jobs across all Big Lots stores, all for "Temporary Part-time -Store Associate/Stocker" - that's barely enough to employ my high school graduating class.
"Printer ink costs two times as much as Chanel N°5." .. in small consumer-oriented printer cartridges. But ink doesn't cost anywhere near that much at scale, otherwise the ink in a newspaper press will be protected like vault.
As kids we played it until it was obvious who was the likely winner. Also, I've read that the real rules are different than most people play it (at least, not the way I play it). Apparently, if you land on a square and don't buy it then it's supposed to go up for auction. http://www.criticalmiss.com/issue10/CampaignRealMonopoly1.html .
"food without any preservatives or MSG" - What? Why? That eliminates citrus (ascorbic acid is a preservative, more specifically, an antioxidant) .,, and MSG is naturally found in mushrooms, grapes, tomatoes, and more. I can't help but think this is yet another diet piece aimed at the worries of people with too much money.
Miss C, it wasn't until you mentioned that that I realized how unusual that warning might be. I was born in Miami (where Dave Barry worked for the Miami Hearld) and lived in Leon County. I can't count the number of times I saw an alligator - most often in parks and wildlife areas, but also in the city, and tourist place like Silver Springs. Last time I was in Leon County we went for a walk in the St. Mark's Wildlife Refuge. The scores of gators weren't scary ... until sunset when they started moving.
I can't help but think this is yet another diet piece aimed at the worries of people with too much money.