“United States: You have two cows. The government pays you subsidies not to milk your cows. Imports of dairy products from South America increase.
China: You have two cows. The government takes both cows and shoots you.
Iraq: You have two cows. They end up in Guantanamo Bay, but receive excellent medical care.
India: You have two cows. You worship them.
Poland: You have two bulls. You get killed trying to milk them.
Russia: You have two cows. You drink vodka and see four cows.
Argentina: You have two cows. Néstor and Cristina Kirchner take the milk and export it. They tax you 44%, leaving you without enough money to cover production costs. Too bad! On the plus side Cristina is able to pay for Botox injections and pays off some political cronies.”
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That is adapted from something a guy out in the Western U.S. wrote a long time ago (1940’s?) and said in a speech, I think to a graduating class, to describe how you can determine which style of government you live under. I have been looking for that for awhile now, do you know of it?
Counterculture. You have two cows. You harvest psychoactive mushrooms that grow out of old cowpies and give the milk to purple cats.