Wednesday, October 21, 2009

contrasting idealogies explained with two cows

humourous, oversimplified explanation of contrasting ideologies..taken from Genesis: First Things (my Bible textbook :)

capitalism: you have to cows. you milk one, sell the other along with some of the mil, and you keep all the money and some milk which you haven't sold for yourself.

socialism: you have two cows. the government takes one of the cows, and part of the milk, allowing you to keep some milk for yourself which you can sell if you want.

communism: you have two cows. government takes both cows, makes you milk both and gives you part of the milk for yourself. if you try to sell the milk to anyone you will spend the rest of your life in prison learning the "errors" you have committed by oppressing others.

Nazism: you have two cows. the government takes both cows, makes you milk both. then shoots you and takes all of the milk.

bureaucracy
: you have two cows. the governments fines you in excess of what the cows are worth, because you have the wrong type of feed that you got delivered by mistake because you didn't have the correct form filled out completely. you are called into court for cruelty to animals because you killed a rat that was trying to eat the wrong type of feed, that you cant get rid of now, since the government considers it a potential health hazard. the government subsequently confiscates both cows, shoots one of them, milks the other and pours half of the milk down the drain. you get some of the rest to feed your family as part of a special government welfare program for destitute ex-milk farmers.



-joel vincent

btw as a reminder you are called to obey your government WHATEVER type it is (Romans 13) but you (probably) live in America where you can influence what kind of government you have..so use time wisely and be the salt

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