What Is Politics?
A little boy goes
to his dad and asks, "What's politics?"
Dad says, " Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me
Capitalism. Your Mom, she's
the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the
Government.
We're here to take care of your needs so we'll call you the
People.
The nanny, we'll consider her he
Working Class. Now your baby brother, we'll call him the
Future. Now,
think about that and see if that makes sense."
So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that
night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him, and he finds
that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to is
parents' room and finds his mother fast asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes
to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees
his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy says to to his father, " I think I
understand Politics now."
The father replies, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think it
is."
The boy promptly answers, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working
Class, the Government is asleep, the People are being ignored, and the Future is
in deep trouble."
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