A lesson in politics

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A boy asks his father: "What is politics? I have to write a report on politics for class in high school."

The father tells the boy: "Politics is like our family. I make money and put food on the table, so I am the business class. Your mother stays at home, takes care of the family, takes care of all finances, so she is the government. Our maid does a low-paying blue collar job, so she is the working class. Our family works for you, so you are the people. And your baby brother is so innocent, protected, and bright, that he is the future."

The boy did not understand, and he went to his room and fell asleep. In the middle of the night, his baby brother had soiled his diaper and began to scream extremely loudly. The boy woke up from those loud shrill noises. The boy got up and ran to his mother's room, but she was asleep. The boy tried to wake her up, knocked, yelled, but it was no use to wake her. Then, the boy ran to the maid's room. To his surprise, he found his father in bed with the maid. Frustrated, the boy went back to his room and fell asleep.

The next morning the boy told everyone at the breakfast table: "I understood what politics is all about. The business class is screwing the working class while the government is sound asleep, the people are ignored, and the future is full of s**t."