| A little boy came home from school one day and said to his father, "Dad,
what can you tell me about politics? I have to learn about it for school tomorrow."
The father thought some and said, "OK son, the best way I can describe politics is to
use an analogy. Let's say that I'm capitalism because I'm the breadwinner. Your mother
will be 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 woken up by his 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. Because he couldn't do anything else, he 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 while capitalism is screwing the
working class, the government is sound asleep to the pleas of the people, leaving the
future in a pile of shit."
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