Economics 101 Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and gives you part of the milk. Socialism: You have two cows. The government takes one of them and gives it to your neighbor. Fascism: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and sells you the milk. Nazism: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and then shoots you. Bureaucracy: You have two cows. The government takes both of them, shoots one, milks the other, and then pours the milk down the drain. Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one of them and buy a bull. Anarchy: You have two cows. They decide you have no right to do anything with their milk and leave to form their own society. Industrialism: You have two cows. You dissect them both, and figure out how to build a milk-factory instead. Centralism: You have two cows. And a problem finding them in the middle of field with 100,000,000 others. Environmentalism: You have two cows. You recycle the milk and give it back to the cows. Democracy: You have two cows. The vote is held, and they win.