You have two cows...

Saw this on a message board today and thought I'd share.

Feudalism: You have two cows. Your lord takes 40 % of the milk.

Imperialism/Mercantilism: The colonists have two cows. The mother country takes both cows and sells you milk and leather.

Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one of them and buy a bull.

Pure Socialism: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

Socialism: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.

Pure Communism: 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 according to your abilities. The government gives you as much milk, as you need.

Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and gives you part of the milk.

Anarchism: You have two cows. You keep the cows, steal another one, and then shoot the government.

Stalinism: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. Ex-chicken farmers care them for. You have to take care of the chickens the government took away from the chicken farmers. The government gives the eggs and milk to the workers. When you complain you are sent to Siberia then shot.

Fascism: You have two cows. The government takes both cows and sells you the milk.

Nazism: You have two cows. The government takes both cows then shoots you.

Pure Democracy: You have two cows. You and your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

Representative Democracy: You have two cows. You and your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.

Bureaucracy: You have two cows. The government fines you for keeping two unlicensed farm animals, then takes both of them shoots one, milks the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.

Conservatism: You have two cows. The government pays you not to milk them.

Liberalism: You have two cows. You give one cow away to the poor.