Socialism, is when you have two cows, and you are made to share the milk with everyone else who doesn’t have a cow.
Communism, is when you have two cows, the government takes them, and gives you the milk.
Fascism, is where you have two cows, the government takes your cows, and sells you the milk.
Nazism, is when the government takes your cows and shoots you.
Capitalism, is where you have two cows, sell one, buy a bull, and make more cows.
Source: http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index2685.htm
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14528629? ago
That is a great link thanks. I will take it and share it, so I will have it and others will too :) I wonder what that is called? Love?
14528693? ago
Just fwiw, it's normally explained this way as a "joke". It's not directly accurate but in general it shows some of the differences in mindset and why one should not advocate for larger government.
14529242? ago
Wise words. It's for 5 year olds, just highlighting the differences in it's MOST simplistic form. Small government is good. Small government that's being held accountable is even better.
14529389? ago
Yeah. I just know it's not exactly accurate and normally used in a joke context. Using cows as the examples have been around for ages. There are like 10 more different ones (for different types of governments) but the whole point is that all the explanations are comical and not exactly reflective of the ideologies... However for understanding the shortcomings of the systems they are good.
14529564? ago
If I find a better version, I'll post :D
14546036? ago
Haha i would gladly post the one list I got in school but it's been 12 years. Not complaining about it at all, just commenting about this stuff for informational purposes. The cow analogy of government was always one of my favorite jokes since I first saw it.