Ever get confused by the
many different forms of government?
Cows can help explain alot... :)
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 the cows.
The government gives you as much milk they think you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government
takes them and puts 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 the regulations say you
should 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 neighbours 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 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.
ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a
bull.
