Describing Political Systems

FEUDALISM
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     You have two cows.  Your lord takes some of the milk.

PURE SOCIALISM
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     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 the
     cows.

    The government gives you as much milk as you need.

BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM
======================

     You have two cows.  The government takes them and puts 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
     the regulations say you should need.

FASCISM
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     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
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     You have two cows.  The government takes both and shoots you.

DICTATORSHIP
============

     You have two cows.  The government takes both and drafts you.

PURE DEMOCRACY
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     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
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     You have two cows.  You sell one and buy a bull.

SURREALISM
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     You have two giraffes.  The government requires you to take
     harmonica lessons.

 

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