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Political Cars
Apr 5 2011, 12:36 am
By: rayNimagi
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Apr 5 2011, 12:36 am rayNimagi Post #1



Each type of car is a metaphor for the political organization/theory (not dissimilar to this, but mine are less humorous.) Feel free to add your own!

Democratic cars have fifteen seats, two steering wheels, and no headlights.

Bureaucratic cars have four flat tires and never start when you need them the most.

Communist cars all look the same and most don't work.

When socialist cars break down, the mechanic takes parts from the newest models and puts them in the oldest clunkers.

No two libertarian cars use the same parts, but they crumple like tin cans in a crash.

Anarchist cars are like compact libertarian cars that don't start.

Democrat cars come in all colors, but they all have mediocre engines.

There are two types of Republican cars: the high-speed sports cars, and pickup trucks that break down every week.



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Apr 5 2011, 12:43 am payne Post #2

:payne:

Anarcho-primitivist cars doesn't exist.

:awesome:



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Apr 5 2011, 1:06 am DevliN Post #3

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wut







But seriously, you may want to explain how you thought of those, since I don't associate any of those political beliefs with any of your car descriptions.



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Apr 5 2011, 1:17 am Fire_Kame Post #4

wth is starcraft

The cow analogy is better.

I'll see if I can find it.




Apr 5 2011, 1:18 am DevliN Post #5

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He posted the link to it in the OP.



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Apr 5 2011, 1:24 am rayNimagi Post #6



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Democratic cars have fifteen seats, two steering wheels, and no headlights.
Democracies struggle with opposing factions within themselves. Politicians only focus on getting re-elected the next term, and don't plan for the country's real future.
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Bureaucratic cars have four flat tires and never start when you need them the most.
Bureaucracies are terribly inefficient.
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Communist cars all look the same and most don't work.
(Soviet) Communism tries to make everything the same (or at least on the outside), but the government gets lots of "profit" (the cars that actually work). Plus, in the real world, Soviet cars were of low quality.
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When socialist cars break down, the mechanic takes parts from the newest models and puts them in the oldest clunkers.
Steal from the rich, give to the poor.
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No two libertarian cars use the same parts, but they crumple like tin cans in a crash.
Libertarians advocate great personal freedoms (such as "no seat belts required").
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Anarchist cars are like compact libertarian cars that don't start.
(Stereotypical) Anarchists want great freedoms, too, but some want to form small communities. These communities won't cooperate very well.
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Democrat cars come in all colors, but they all have mediocre engines.
The Democratic Party (USA) is the party of minorities, and is more liberal than the republicans (most advocate a certain amount of socialist programs).
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There are two types of Republican cars: the high-speed sports cars, and pickup trucks that break down every week.
The Republican Party (USA) wants to allow great inequality in wealth (either naturally or artificially). Then rich are the sports cars, and the poorer people are the pickup trucks. I thought of Ford's cars with this one (they've made some great cars but now their models are inferior to Toyota :P).



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Apr 5 2011, 1:26 am Fire_Kame Post #7

wth is starcraft

Quote from DevliN
He posted the link to it in the OP.

Derp. My bad.




Apr 5 2011, 1:26 am DT_Battlekruser Post #8



Funny, but definitely lacking on the quality standards here.

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Apr 5 2011, 1:28 am CaptainWill Post #9



This is pretty difficult.

I would say an Anarchist car destroys roads as it passes over them.

A Revolutionary car has no steering wheel or brakes.



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Apr 5 2011, 1:36 am DevliN Post #10

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Your definitions for some of those are a little skewed, and extremely biased. What makes the "cow" analogy so amusing is that it is comparing the cows to the very basic understanding of the political systems. You're adding too much opinion to them (i.e. Democrats not planning for a real future, or worrying about anarchist communities rather than a fundamental disregard for government and laws).

I think Captain is dead on with his "Anarchist" car.



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Apr 5 2011, 2:03 pm NudeRaider Post #11

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

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AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
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AN IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb you and invade your country.You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy....
:lol: ²




Apr 5 2011, 3:50 pm poison_us Post #12

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ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows.You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank,then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows.No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.

:lol:, but only at the end. The rest of the paragraph was :meh:




Apr 5 2011, 4:14 pm payne Post #13

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(Stereotypical) Anarchists want great freedoms, too, but some want to form small communities. These communities won't cooperate very well.
Federations are formed between the communities. The associations are voluntary.

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anarchist communities rather than a fundamental disregard for government and laws
They do set laws (unlike everyone likes to think).



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Apr 5 2011, 4:43 pm DevliN Post #14

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Based on my understanding of anarchy, there is no government and there are no laws which can control people. But maybe that's just one sect of anarchism? It's funny that anarchism could have sects.



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Apr 5 2011, 4:59 pm Fire_Kame Post #15

wth is starcraft

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A Revolutionary car has no steering wheel or brakes.

Put it in H!




Apr 5 2011, 5:05 pm NicholasBeige Post #16



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SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
the best one :)

And
Quote from DevliN
Your definitions for some of those are a little skewed, and extremely biased. What makes the "cow" analogy so amusing is that it is comparing the cows to the very basic understanding of the political systems. You're adding too much opinion to them (i.e. Democrats not planning for a real future, or worrying about anarchist communities rather than a fundamental disregard for government and laws).

I think Captain is dead on with his "Anarchist" car.
You can't just compare a 'car' to a political ideology. What makes the cow example easier to relate to, is that the idea is to do with the property and owning of the cattle, not the cattle themselves.

humorfail.



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Apr 5 2011, 6:28 pm poison_us Post #17

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Cardinal, don't go ruining everyone's fun. I'm a Humor major, and I find Captain's Anarchist car both accurate and funny.




Apr 5 2011, 6:29 pm Fire_Kame Post #18

wth is starcraft

Quote from poison_us
Cardinal, don't go ruining everyone's fun. I'm a Humorous major, and I find Captain's Anarchist car both accurate and funny.

Fixed that for yea.




Apr 5 2011, 6:32 pm DevliN Post #19

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SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
the best one :)

And
Quote from DevliN
Your definitions for some of those are a little skewed, and extremely biased. What makes the "cow" analogy so amusing is that it is comparing the cows to the very basic understanding of the political systems. You're adding too much opinion to them (i.e. Democrats not planning for a real future, or worrying about anarchist communities rather than a fundamental disregard for government and laws).

I think Captain is dead on with his "Anarchist" car.
You can't just compare a 'car' to a political ideology. What makes the cow example easier to relate to, is that the idea is to do with the property and owning of the cattle, not the cattle themselves.

humorfail.
Yeah, that too.



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Apr 5 2011, 6:33 pm poison_us Post #20

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Quote from Fire_Kame
Quote from poison_us
Cardinal, don't go ruining everyone's fun. I'm a Humorous major, and I find Captain's Anarchist car both accurate and funny.

Fixed that for yea.
No. I was making an ironic joke, which you obviously didn't catch. Ms. Lowbrow, humor is something that is different between each individual, though most people have agreements upon what is humor and what is not. Even the thought of a college offering a "Humor" major makes me laugh, because two people will never agree on every single aspect of what is humor and what is not.

TL;DR: I was making an ironic joke, which you obviously didn't catch. Ms. Lowbrow, humor is something that is different between each individual, though most people have agreements upon what is humor and what is not. Even the thought of a college offering a "Humor" major makes me laugh, because two people will never agree on every single aspect of what is humor and what is not.





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