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SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbor.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away...
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two
cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the
economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two
cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four
cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped
dead.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two
cows. You 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.
The 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.
The annual report says the company
owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a
new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No
balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your
bull.
THE ANDERSEN MODEL
You have two cows. You shred them.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You redesign them so they
are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the
milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and
market it worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have Lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and
learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full
employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who
reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows. Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you
have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes
you, so they bomb the shit out of you and invade your country. You
still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy....
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
A PAKISTANI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The next day you have a qorma party.
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