TWO COWS ~{Matthias
Varga}
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour
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
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (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.
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 GREEK CORPORATION
You have two cows. You borrow lots of euros to build
barns, milking sheds, hay stores, feed sheds,
dairies, cold stores, abattoir, cheese unit and
packing sheds.
You still only have two cows.
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.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called a
Cowkimona and
market it worldwide.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows,
but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
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 ** out of you
and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least you are now a
Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to
celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very
attractive....
The Singapore Corporation anyone ?
