Son: "Dad, I have to do a special report for school, can I ask you a question?"
Dad: "Sure son, What's the question?"
Son: "What is Politics?"
Dad: "Well, lets take our home for example. I am the wage earner so let's call me Management. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we'll call her Government. We take care of you, so let's call you the People. We'll call the maid the Working Class, and your baby brother we'll call the Future. Do you understand?"
Son: "I'm not really sure Dad, I'll have to think about it."
That night, awakened by his baby brother crying, the boy went to see what was wrong. Discovering the baby had seriously soiled his diaper, the son went to his parents' room, and found his mother sound asleep. He then went to the maid's room, where peeking through the door, he saw his father in bed with the maid. The boy's knocking went totally unheard by this father and the maid, so the boy returned to his room and went back to sleep.
The next morning:
Son: "Dad, now I think I understand what is politics."
Dad: "That's great son, explain it to me in your own words."
Son: "While Management is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep. The People are being completely ignored, and the Future is full of shit."