Political Systems Explained for Dummies

Political Systems Explained for (Farmers) Dummies Using Two Cows

The fundamental principles of the different types of political and social systems explained via a simple example using two cows. You heard right, COWS. If you know what a cow is and are aware of the fact that the produce more than just steaks for your dinner, such as milk, you are good to go and should have no problem to understand it.

FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.

PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.

BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.

FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.

PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.

DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.

PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.

LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.

BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.

SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

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• political
• systems
• society
• cows
• explained
• FEUDALISM
• SOCIALISM
• COMMUNISM
• FASCISM
• DICTATORSHIP
• DEMOCRACY
• CAPITALISM
• BUREAUCRACY
• ANARCHY
• SURREALISM

[Regginyaga]

Anarchy:

There are two cows

[chris96kalonji]

This is an incredibly dogmatic video. This doesn't explain shit, the fact is I shouldn't have clicked on this video, because I know better then to think that all these COMPLEX forms of Government could be explained in 4 minutes.

[CommanderFensom]

Cambodian Communism.

You have two cows.

The government takes them.

And shoots you.

Really?

[jatspageage]

Republic with a capitalistic state:

The guy with all the damn cows purchases the president, and then the presidential NDAA makes it so you get beat down & can't even complain that you have no cows & no way to get one, except to sell yourself into debt (slavery) … To Hopefully… one day save up & get taxed on the skinny assed cow you got burned on, Yo!

[gprime85]

this was fucking stupid and makes no sense. sounds to me like YOU'RE the dummy.

[CantFearWontFear]

Republic with a capitalistic state:

You have two cows

The government wants the cows

The LAW says that they can't take the cows

You sell one for a fair price

You buy two for a cheap price

They populate

You now have 4 cows.

<3 America

[TheRadicalMinds]

FUCK CAPITALISM!!!!!!!

[Peaceeverbody]

@mredstriumph Communism is a type of economy, not government. Therefore, saying communism forces people to do stuff under threat of violence is extremely incorrect. Communism has no position on how to enforce laws or what is the law.

[Peaceeverbody]

@mredstriumph (cont.) Laws, rights, freedoms, etc depend on what type of government you have. (Communism, generally, is not a type of governent. That's why I would consider a communist republic, having the aspects of both communism and a republic, the best type of government, rather than a (false) communist corrupt totaltarian dictatorship).

[Peaceeverbody]

@mredstriumph Communism =/= Corrupt Totaltarian Dictatorship. Communism has no position on how law should be enforced. Neither does capitalism. You seem to believe in anti-communist propaganda that states communism = corruption and no rights and freedoms and no law, while capitalism = rights, freedom, and law, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

[Peaceeverbody]

@mredstriumph (cont.) Those leaders who you describes as greedy immoral pigs (don't insult pigs like that) are just that. But, they (Stalin, Mao, etc.) are not real communists because they do not follow any true communist ideas. The PRC, North Korea, etc. are not communist countries. They only are on paper, which was so the leaders could get support and then become greedy. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AS I SEE YOU DO NOT.