“A small boy asks his Dad, "Daddy, what is 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 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. 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 having sex 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,
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