An American, a Russian, and a Chinese man are being driven in their cars when they come across a diverging crossroad.

The sign on the right path read, "Capitalism", and the sign on the left says "Socialism".

Without hesitation, the American went down the right path. Things were fine initially, but then there are bumps and cracks on the road and the car shakes and slips on a puddle of oil. The car even gets a blown tire when they run over nails on the road. The American changes the tire and is barely able to continue down the path.

The Russian goes down the left path. The car runs smoothy until the road turns muddy and the car is unable to move forward. He turns the car around and goes back to the crossroads, and takes the right path.

The Chinese man looks back and forth between the signs for a moment, then says to his driver:

"Switch the signs around. Then take the path to socialism."