Something to think about or not~~
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Something to think about or not~~
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, “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 had 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.
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, “Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.”
The little boy 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 sh!t”
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Re: Something to think about or not~~
Absolutely not to my taste, I'm afraid.
Tom
Tom
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Re: Something to think about or not~~
More than a bit contrived and schoolboy humor -- but it does tell us Capitalism is at the root of our problems!
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I think the problem is "extreme" capitalism where profit is more important than people.
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Re: Something to think about or not~~
Politics is what you get when more than 100 people need to work together on something.
When a few hundred million people need to work together you get lots and lots of politics.
When a few hundred million people need to work together you get lots and lots of politics.