FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes
some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them
and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to
take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much
milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes
them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are
cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the
chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government
gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires
you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you
take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care
of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes
both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both
and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who
gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors
pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates
what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays
you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the
other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you
to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at
a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill
you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell
one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires
you to take harmonica lessons.
(Original author unknown . . ..)
