1. …EXPLAINED USING COWS!

2. Advantages: protects individual rights, input is taken from many different sources, people elect their government Disadvantages: takes more time to make decisions, more costly Examples: Canada, Japan, Australia

3.  You have two cows.  After milking your cows, you and your neighbors all vote on who should get the milk. Majority rules!

4. Advantages: organized and efficient; there are no public protests or riots Disadvantages: limited individual rights, uncertain transition of power, usually dependent on the military, no debate, no free press, no opposition parties Examples: Sudan, North Korea, Venezuela Synonyms: dictatorship, authoritarianism

5. You have two cows. The Supreme Leader orders the military to take the cows, and gives you nothing for them If you complain about it, they put you in jail, draft you into the army, or shoot you

6. Advantages: stable, controlled, traditional, unifying Disadvantages: No criteria (other than birth) for ruling, expensive, monarch is remote from everyday people, limited individual rights, no voting Examples: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Monaco

7. You have two cows. The monarch, who just happens to have been born into the right family, makes you give him ½ the milk so he can get it for free If you complain, the monarch will take both your cows and the milk.

8. Advantages: if a law needs to be passed that will benefit the people, it can be passed very quickly. Control is centralized. Disadvantages: complete loss of individual rights & freedoms Example: Italy under Benito Mussolini

9. You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk If you disagree, they send in soldiers to shoot either you or your cows You join an underground resistance group

10. Advantages: All members of the economy share benefits. High level of services Disadvantages: High taxes, lack of incentives to work hard Examples: Sri Lanka, Holland, Denmark.

11. You have two cows The government makes you give one to your neighbour, so that you are both equal You get to keep one glass of milk each day, but you have to give the rest of the milk to the government

12. Advantages: In times of need, everyone gets their fair share (slogan: “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need”) Disadvantages: very limited political freedoms, lack of individual rights Examples: China, Russia (pre 1991), Vietnam, Cuba

13. The State takes both and gives you some milk

14. Advantages: unity, no debates over religion, punishments for offences are usually clear, citizens tend to be obedient Disadvantages: No separation between church and state, some citizens forced to express beliefs against their will Examples: Vatican City is a theocratic state.

15.  You have two cows.  The government tells you that if you want to keep your cows and continue farming, you have to follow the religion of the leaders.

16. Advantages—individuals can do whatever they want without interference from the government, no taxes Disadvantages—no government services are provided, people are left to fend for themselves Examples: Parts of the Congo and Somalia are near a state of anarchy. In many instances, warlords are ruling portions of the nations.

17.  You have two cows.  Power hungry thugs (formerly your neighbours) come to steal them and kill you and your whole family  There are no laws or police to protect you.

19.  You have two cows.  You go on strike because you want three cows.  You go to lunch and drink wine. Life is good.

20. You have two cows. You feed them sheep’s brains and they go mad. The government doesn't do anything.

21.  You have two cows.  You sell one and buy a bull.

22. Go away! What I do with my cows is my own business. Actually, I pretty much let the cows do whatever they want anyway…

23. You are associated with* two differently- aged (but no less valuable to society) bovines of a non- specified gender. * the concept of “ownership” is a symbol of our elitist, warmongering, intolerant past

24.  a modern movement in art and literature that tries to express unusual things in the subconscious mind  Example: Salvador Dali

25.  You have two aardvarks.  The government paints one green and requires you to take harmonica lessons.