The cows are a (bad) metaphor for the means of production, obviously. The metaphor sneakily puts you in the shoes of a capitalist and, whoa, it turns out capitalism is good when you are one of the few it benefits.
I can't believe I was once taught this bullshit in school.
Monarchy: You have all the cows
Oh, well shit, I guess that's the way to go then. Sorry everyone who isn't royalty, the society understanders have crunched the numbers and it turns out this is actually best.