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 source unknown . . . this version expanded and
Illuminated by SJ.)