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Originally posted by rdouglass:
The layman's explination of capitalism / socialism / communism:
Capitalism: You have a cow and a bull (not a steer of course - something fertile!!). You breed the two, use / sell the milk and calves and pay a tax.
Socialism: You have a cow and a bull. The goernment takes all milk and calves.
Communism: You NEVER HAD a cow and a bull!!!
My favorite government type is the fascist corporate state (I'm serious BTW). It's great if done properly, and it's like a realist's Version of communism.
The government gives you a cow. You make milk and calves. The government takes your milk and calves, sells the milk back to you, and gives your calves to others (to make more cows, of course). The government uses its milk money to maintain its Legions of Doom, which are busy burning other nations to the ground.