Lil’ Johnny on Politics
Lil’ Johnny goes up 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 lets call me capitalism. Mummy is 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– well, consider her as the working class. Your baby brother, we’ll call him the future. Now go and think about this and see if it makes sense.”
So the little boy goes off to bed to have a think about what dad said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying and runs into his room only to find that his nappies are very mucky. He then runs off to his parents’ room. His mom is sound asleep, so not wanting to wake her he goes to the nanny’s room. Finding the door locked, he looks through the key-hole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy approaches his father and says, “Dad, I think I understand what politics is now.”
“Good, son, now tell me in your own words what politics is.”
Little Johnny 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.”