Maaja
27th August 2002, 17:26
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 a glass of milk.
Bureaucratic Socialism:
Your cows 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 share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker
about
who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need." Meanwhile, no
one
works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation.
Russian Communism:
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government
takes
all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the
black market.
Perestroika:
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the Mafia takes
all
the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the
"free"
market.
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.
Capitalism:
You don't have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows,
because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.
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.
Surrealism:
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica
lessons.
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 a glass of milk.
Bureaucratic Socialism:
Your cows 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 share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker
about
who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need." Meanwhile, no
one
works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation.
Russian Communism:
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government
takes
all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the
black market.
Perestroika:
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the Mafia takes
all
the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the
"free"
market.
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.
Capitalism:
You don't have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows,
because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.
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.
Surrealism:
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica
lessons.