DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA:
One evening, while watching TV, a child asks his father: 'Daddy, tell me, whats politics?
Dad's reply: 'It's very simple, my son. I'll give you an example. Take the case of our family
I'm the dad who makes money, I am the CAPITALIST.
Your mom manages the money, so it is the GOVERNMENT.
Your grandfather who lives with us in the house, it checks whether all goes well, so it is the PARLIAMENT.
The girl you see working in our house is our maid, it represents the working class.
We all have one goal: to ensure your well-being, so you're the PEOPLE.
Your little brother still sleeping peacefully in the cradle, we say he is the FUTURE. "
The child listened very well!
Night falls, everyone goes to bed. The child in sleep, he hears his little brother crying in the cradle. He decides to stand up and
go see. In fact, the little brother peed in his clothes!
What to do? asks he.
He went into the bedroom of her parents, and finds that the mother is alone in bed and asleep.
Very worried, and not wishing to wake her up, goes into the maid's room, and strangely, he finds his dad in full warrior's rest with the girl.
Shocked, the child goes to see the grandfather in his room, who just relaxedly looks out the window, sipping in the scene of the girl and dad.
Scared and disappointed at the same time, the child goes back to bed and falls asleep, leaving the little brother cry.
The next day, dad proudly calls to the child: 'Then my son, have you thought about and understood what politics is? "
The child answers:
'Yes dad, your definition was too clear: Capitalism takes advantage of the Working Class while the Government is asleep, and Parliament looks without saying anything. Who cares what the people think, and the Future is in deep shit.
