SOCIALISM<\/p>\n
You have 2 cows.
\nYou give one to your neighbour.<\/p>\n
COMMUNISM
\nYou have 2 cows
\nThe State takes both and gives you some milk.<\/p>\n
FASCISM
\nYou have 2 cows.
\nThe State takes both and sells you some milk.<\/p>\n
BUREAUCRATISM
\nYou have 2 cows.
\nThe State takes both, shoots one, milks the other and then throws the milk away.<\/p>\n
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
\nYou have two cows.
\nYou sell one and buy a bull.
\nYour herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
\nYou sell them and retire on the income.<\/p>\n
VENTURE CAPITALISM
\nYou have two cows.
\nYou sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt\/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
\nThe milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
\nThe annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.<\/p>\n
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nYou sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
\nLater, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.<\/p>\n
A FRENCH CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nYou go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.<\/p>\n
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows, but you don\u2019t know where they are.
\nYou decide to have lunch.<\/p>\n
A SWISS CORPORATION
\nYou have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you.
\nYou charge the owners for storing them.<\/p>\n
A CHINESE CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nYou have 300 people milking them.
\nYou claim that you have full employment and high bovine productivity.
\nYou arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.<\/p>\n
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nYou worship them.<\/p>\n
A BRITISH CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nBoth are mad.<\/p>\n
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
\nEveryone thinks you have lots of cows.
\nYou tell them that you have none.
\nNobody believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your country.
\nYou still have no cows but at least you are now a Democracy.<\/p>\n
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nBusiness seems pretty good.
\nYou close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.<\/p>\n
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows.
\nThe one on the left looks very attractive.<\/p>\n
A GREEK CORPORATION
\nYou have two cows borrowed from French and German banks.
\nYou eat both of them.
\nThe banks call to collect their milk, but you cannot deliver so you call the IMF.
\nThe IMF loans you two cows.
\nYou eat both of them.
\nThe banks and the IMF call to collect their cows\/milk.
\nYou are out getting a haircut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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