FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk and you get the rest.
DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. You and your neighbors vote to see who gets the milk.
CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one, and buy a bull.
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. After that, it takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and pours the milk down the drain. The governement then requires you to fill out forms to account for the missing cows and fines you for improper disposal of the milk.
SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes both and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You then take care of all the cows, and the government gives you as much milk as you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them, and sells you the milk.
COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you to take care of them, and all of you share the milk.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes the cows and the milk, then shoots you.
MILITARIANISM: You have two cows. The government takes the cows and the milk, then drafts you into the army.
TOTALITARIANISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and denies they ever existed. Milk is banned.
ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors kill you and take the cows.
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