economic models + cows

Very thought provoking... do these analogies still hold true?  Some of them make sense for me at least.

(I did not make these up.  I saw it someplace on the internet and thought I would repost it)

SOCIALISM

You have two cows, and you give one to your neighbour

COMMUNISM

You have two cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk

FASCISM

You have two cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk

NAZISM

You have two cows. The State takes both and shoots you

BUREAUCRATISM

You have two cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, 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 analyse why the cow has dropped dead

A FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows. You go on strike, organise 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

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 two cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka

A SWISS CORPORATION

You have 5,000 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, and 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 sh*t out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a 'Democracy'

A WELSH CORPORATION

You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive