What is politics?

A little boy goes to his father and asks, "What is politics?"

His 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 Mum, 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 to be the 'Working Class.'
And your baby brother, we'll call him the 'Future.'
Now, think about all that and see if it makes any sense."

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking deeply about what father had said to him.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.
He finds that the baby has filled his nappy (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,
"Very good my son, tell me, in your own words, what you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies,
"Well, as I understand it, while 'Capitalism' is screwing the 'Working Class', the 'Government' is sound asleep, 'The People' are being ignored and the 'Future' is in deep shit."

That sounds about par for the course!

Does this scenario also sound familiar?
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