1 A young boy asks his father... ‘‘Dad, how does politics actually work?“

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A young boy asks his A young boy asks his father...father...

‘‘‘‘Dad, how does Dad, how does politics politics

actually work?“actually work?“

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The father tells his son..The father tells his son..• Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and

bring it home, so therefore I am the bring it home, so therefore I am the CapitalistCapitalist

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The father tells his The father tells his son..son..

• Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and

bring it home, so therefore I am the bring it home, so therefore I am the CapitalistCapitalist • Your mother manages and administers the money, Your mother manages and administers the money,

so she is like the so she is like the GovernmentGovernment

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The father tells his The father tells his son..son..• Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and

bring it home, so therefore I am the bring it home, so therefore I am the CapitalistCapitalist • Your mother manages and administers the money, Your mother manages and administers the money,

so she is like the so she is like the GovernmentGovernment• Your grandfather monitors and oversees things to Your grandfather monitors and oversees things to

make sure that everything is in order and running make sure that everything is in order and running smoothly, so therefore he is like the smoothly, so therefore he is like the Trade UnionTrade Union

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The father tells his son..The father tells his son..• Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and

bring it home, so therefore I am the bring it home, so therefore I am the CapitalistCapitalist • Your mother manages and administers the money, Your mother manages and administers the money,

so she is like the so she is like the GovernmentGovernment• Your grandfather monitors and oversees everything Your grandfather monitors and oversees everything

to make sure that everything is in order and running to make sure that everything is in order and running smoothly, so therefore he is like the smoothly, so therefore he is like the Trade UnionTrade Union

• Our maid does all the manual labour around the Our maid does all the manual labour around the house, so she is like the house, so she is like the Working ClassWorking Class

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The father tells his son..The father tells his son..• Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and bring it Well you see, it‘s like this, I make the money and bring it

home, so therefore I am the home, so therefore I am the CapitalistCapitalist • Your mother manages and administers the money, so Your mother manages and administers the money, so

she is like the she is like the GovernmentGovernment• Your grandfather monitors and oversees everything to Your grandfather monitors and oversees everything to

make sure that everything is in order and running make sure that everything is in order and running smoothly, so therefore he is like the smoothly, so therefore he is like the Trade UnionTrade Union

• Our maid does all the manual labour around the house, Our maid does all the manual labour around the house, so she is like the so she is like the Working ClassWorking Class

• We all have a common purpose, namely your well being; We all have a common purpose, namely your well being; consequently you are like the consequently you are like the People People and your little and your little brother in diapers represents the brother in diapers represents the FutureFuture

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Do you understand my Do you understand my son?son?

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The little boy thinks about it and The little boy thinks about it and tells his father that he‘ll sleep on tells his father that he‘ll sleep on it and think about it some more...it and think about it some more...

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During the night the little boy During the night the little boy wakes up because his little wakes up because his little brother has filled his diapers and brother has filled his diapers and is crying terrribly…is crying terrribly…

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Because the little boy isn‘t sure Because the little boy isn‘t sure what to do, he goes to his what to do, he goes to his parents bedroom...parents bedroom...

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He finds his mother lying in bed He finds his mother lying in bed but because she is sleeping so but because she is sleeping so soundly, he can‘t seem to wake soundly, he can‘t seem to wake her up...her up...

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So the boy proceeds to the maid‘s room So the boy proceeds to the maid‘s room for assistance, where he finds his father for assistance, where he finds his father in bed with the maid, while his in bed with the maid, while his grandfather is inconspicuously watching grandfather is inconspicuously watching the action through a bedroom window….the action through a bedroom window….

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Everyone is so occupied with Everyone is so occupied with what they are doing that they what they are doing that they don‘t even notice the little boy don‘t even notice the little boy standing in front of them...standing in front of them...

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So because no one comes to his So because no one comes to his aid, the young lad decides to go aid, the young lad decides to go back to bed again...back to bed again...

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The next morning the father asks his The next morning the father asks his son if he‘d given more thought to the son if he‘d given more thought to the question of politics and if so, to explain question of politics and if so, to explain in his own words how it works...in his own words how it works...

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‘‘‘‘Yes“Yes“ answers the boy...answers the boy...

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• The The Capitalist Capitalist screws the screws the Working Working ClassClass

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• The The Capitalist Capitalist screws thescrews the Working ClassWorking Class

• The The UnionsUnions stand idly by and watch stand idly by and watch

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• The The Capitalist Capitalist screws thescrews the Working ClassWorking Class

• TheThe UnionsUnions stand idly by and watchstand idly by and watch

• While the While the GovernmentGovernment sleeps sleeps

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• The The Capitalist Capitalist screws thescrews the Working ClassWorking Class

• TheThe UnionsUnions stand by and watchstand by and watch

• While theWhile the GovernmentGovernment sleepssleeps

• The The PeoplePeople are completely ignored are completely ignored

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• The The Capitalist Capitalist screws thescrews the Working ClassWorking Class

• TheThe UnionsUnions stand by and watchstand by and watch

• While theWhile the GovernmentGovernment sleepssleeps

• TheThe PeoplePeople are completely ignoredare completely ignored

• And the And the FutureFuture lies in Shit lies in Shit

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That‘s how That‘s how Politics Politics worksworks