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son asks his father, "What can you tell me about politics? I
have to learn about it for school tomorrow." The father thinks
a little and says, "OK, son, the best way I can describe politics
is to use an analogy. Let's say that I'm a capitalist because I'm
the breadwinner. Your mother will be the government because she controls
everything, our maid will be the working class because she works for
us, you will be the people because you answer to us, and your baby
brother will be the future. Does that help any?" The little boy
said, "Well, Dad, I don't know, but I'll think about what you
said."
Later that night, after everyone had gone to bed, the little boy
was awaken by his baby brother's crying. Upon further investigation,
he found a dirty diaper. So, he went down the hall to his parent's
bedroom and found his father's side of the bed empty and his mother
wouldn't wake up. Then he saw a light on in the guest room down
the hall, and when he reached the door, he saw through the crack
that his father was in bed with the maid. The son then turned and
went back to bed.
The next morning, he said to his father at the breakfast table,
"Dad, I think I understand politics much better now."
"Excellent, my boy," he answered, "What have you
learned?" The little boy thought for a minute and said, "I
learned that capitalism is screwing the working class, government
is sound asleep ignoring the people, and the future's full of crap."
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