Isms
Pinched
from elsewhere:
Socialism: You have two cows. Give one cow to your neighbour.
Communism: You have two cows. Give both cows to the government
and they may give you some milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. The government shoots you and
takes both cows.
Anarchism: You have two cows. Keep both cows, shoot the
government and steal another cow.
Capitalism: You have two cows. Sell one. Buy a bull.
In this simple example, capitalism seems best, but perhaps raw capitalism could be softened by regularly giving your neighbour a bucket of milk.
ReplyDeleteA balanced combination of capitalism and socialism is perhaps what is ideal for any society. But how well that balance can be achieved is a challenge.
ReplyDeleteCapitalism might be more like, buy all of the bulls (0r cows), so no one else can have one and thus corner the market.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness all my family were socialists :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a very apt way of explaining those -isms!
ReplyDeleteThat's as neat a summary as I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteThey should teach this in school 😉
ReplyDeleteGood way of explaining it all. Clear even to me lol
ReplyDeleteThis is a good example of them
ReplyDeleteThat is a great simple explanation for each one of these types of governments. I guess someone should figure out how to mix socialism and capitalism together and come up with something better.
ReplyDeleteSimple explanations. I see where America stands today.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
Deep sigh.
ReplyDeleteSimple explanations in a few words. The socialism definition calls to mind Luke 3:11: if you have two coats, give one to someone with none. I have far too many coats.
ReplyDeleteI like your examples of the isms.
ReplyDeleteI have seen this before and it never fails to amuse and educate.
ReplyDeletethank you because I have never understood all these isms or even tried to. I just try to live my life by do to others what you want done to yourself, this gives me a better Idea of what they all mean
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I've never heard the "isms" explained quite this way.
ReplyDeleteYes, I seen these before. But I will toss in one..NICEISM. A nice person.
ReplyDeleteThis is true.
ReplyDeleteWell ... I've never seen the "isms" explained quite this way before!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of Friday and have a good weekend.
All the best Jan
Succinct, and a good discussion starter.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. If I remember correctly in school it was explained that no one of them is perfect, the best is a mixture of all (?) Or perhaps I'm just not remembering correctly lol
ReplyDeleteI like the Socialism idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you, everyone. There's no perfect solution. It's just that some are less awful than others. A compromise somewhere along the way would be good, but that seems to be beyond professional politicians.
ReplyDeleteMakes perfect sense! xxx
ReplyDeleteI think we have a longer version of this 'isms' somewhere. I agree with you that maybe a compromise would offer the best answer.
ReplyDeleteI've seen various versions of this. Simple explanations always are flawed but there's still a lot of truth here.
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