A man died, but there'd been too many sins so he found himself in hell. A guide met him at the entrance. "You have a choice; you can go to Capitalist Hell or Communist Hell."
Being a shrewd chap, he decided to survey both before deciding. He met the Capitalist Devil first, all suited up, hair greased back, and asked: "So what goes on inside Capitalist Hell?"
"Ahh, well we like to boil people in oil, ram them with spikes and flail them alive."
"What?! Right, that's it - I'm off to Communist Hell."
Once there, he met a Karl Marx type devil, ushering him towards the gates...
"Hey, I'm not in yet - tell me, what goes on in Communist Hell?"
The Marx Devil scratched his beard and said: "Well, we like to boil people in oil, ram spikes through their bodies and flail them alive."
"What?! But that's just the same as Capitalist Hell?! Wait, though....why is there a queue?"
"Ah, yes...um...we've run out of oil, there's no more spikes and the flail's broken."

(Lifted from Adam Smith blog)