Political Science 101
SOCIALISM: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes them both and provides you with milk. FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and sells you the milk. BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours it down the drain. CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. CORPORATE: You have two cows. You sell one, force the other to produce the milk of four cows, then act surprised when it drops dead. DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point that you must sell them both in order to pay the taxes to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow which was a gift from your government.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
