A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?"
Dad says,
"Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the bread winner 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 People. The nanny,
we'll consider her the Working Class. And 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. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his
diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his
mother sound 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 his father, "Dad, I think I
understand the concept of politics now."
The father says,"Good, son,
tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."
The
little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working
Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored
and the Future is in deep shit."--