Humour — Daddy, Why Don’t You Start a Government?

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Lu Yaming (@陆亚明), a business man in Shenzhen, recently shared a story on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter:

“I remember when my daughter was really young and she asked me one day, ‘Daddy, do you always make money when you start a company?’ I said, ‘That’s hard to say. In fact, most companies lose money until they go bankrupt.’ She followed, ‘Is there anything that only makes money and never loses?’ I said, ‘The government!’ My daughter suddenly realized something, ‘Daddy, why don’t you start a government?’ What are you trying to do, kid? That carries the death penalty. You are trying to kill your dad at such a young age. {{1}}[[1]]记得女儿还很小的时候，有一天忽然问我“爸爸，开公司是不是一定赚钱？”，我回答“那可不一定，事实上，大部分都是赔钱，直到倒闭”。又问“那干什么只赚不赔？”，我答“政府啊！”。女儿恍然大悟，“爸爸，那你开个政府吧！”这坑爹的孩子啊，那可是死罪啊，小小年纪楞把老子往绝路上逼啊.[[1]]

Professor Yu Jianrong (@于建嵘) responded: “That is one smart child. Let her go abroad in the future, and start a foreign government.” {{2}}[[2]] 真是坑爹啊。以后让她出国吧，开一个外国政府。[[2]] However, user @微妮妮 reminded Professor Yu that the plan would not work because “foreign governments don’t make money.” {{3}}[[3]]外国政府不赚钱[[3]]

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