You have two cows. If you’re...

...socialist, you keep one and give one to your neighbor.

...communist, the government takes them both and provides you with milk.

...fascist, the government takes them and sells you the milk.

...capitalist you have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.

...democratic, the government taxes you to the point that you must sell them both in order to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow which was a gift from your government.