When creating the world, God decided to grant 2 virtues to each human being.
The Swiss were made law abiding and ordered people.
The British, persevering and studious.
The Japanese, hard workers and patient.
The Italians, romantic and cheerful
The French, elegant and trendy
Then, God told the assistant angel:
The Americans will be intelligent, good persons and politicians.
And done it was.
When God finished, the angel asked:
- God, if you gave everyone 2 virtues, why 3 to the Americans?
That is unfair. It is an undeserved advantage.
- You are right. What now? Divine virtues cannot be taken back.
-I know, I'll let the Americans to keep 3 virtues. But each American will only be able to have 2 of them.
- OK, said the angel. So, in the US, if a politician is a good person, cannot be intelligent.
- Correct , God said.
- The intelligent politicians cannot be good people.
- You've got that too.
- That also means that good and intelligent people cannot be politicians.
- AMEN