It’s an anti-soviet joke, which predictably works better for capitalism:
An international competition for cat trainers is held. The finalists are a German, a USian and a Soviet trainer. The final challenge is to make a cat lick it’s butt.
The German trainer starts by bellowing orders at the cat, which only serves to scare and agitate it. The USian trainer follows by trying to bribe the cat with treats and toys. The cat just ignores him.
Finally, the Soviet trainer comes on stage. He proclaims: “In our country, nobody is forced to do things they don’t wish to, whether by loud orders and violence, nor my bribery and lies. If something must be done, it is done voluntarily and with a song!”
With that he pulls out a jar of mustard and slaps a spoonful on the cat’s rear. MEEEEEOW! Goes the cat and starts licking.
TL;DR: the corporations don’t need to be openly demanded to do things. They just conveniently do what is expected of them. Perfectly voluntarily, of course.
What’s the joke? I don’t recognize the punchline
It’s an anti-soviet joke, which predictably works better for capitalism:
An international competition for cat trainers is held. The finalists are a German, a USian and a Soviet trainer. The final challenge is to make a cat lick it’s butt.
The German trainer starts by bellowing orders at the cat, which only serves to scare and agitate it. The USian trainer follows by trying to bribe the cat with treats and toys. The cat just ignores him.
Finally, the Soviet trainer comes on stage. He proclaims: “In our country, nobody is forced to do things they don’t wish to, whether by loud orders and violence, nor my bribery and lies. If something must be done, it is done voluntarily and with a song!”
With that he pulls out a jar of mustard and slaps a spoonful on the cat’s rear. MEEEEEOW! Goes the cat and starts licking.
TL;DR: the corporations don’t need to be openly demanded to do things. They just conveniently do what is expected of them. Perfectly voluntarily, of course.