Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 09:45:26 +0000
From: Daniel Haines <daniel-AT-tw2.com>
Subject: Re: the family, capitalism, antioedipus, the outside, quotes from who knows where


of course!

we can understand everything by relating it to a victorian family unit -
if only someone had thought of this earlier...  

dan h.99

Unleesh-AT-aol.com wrote:
> 
> ">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 has said.
> >> >
> >> >Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to
> >> >check
> >> >on him. He finds that the baby 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 shit.""
> 
> I would think endless variations of this could be generated, for some
> interesting theoretical discussion.

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