Brainwashed

Following the announcement of the British opt-out from the maximum 48 hour working week being one step closer to abolition, I was horrified to hear the majority of callers to the radio complain about it. Of course, you think, these are employers angry about not being able to continue to treat their staff in Dickensian ways, revived under Margaret Thatcher's influence (who I admit I did vote for at the time, she wasn't all bad). But no, it was the staff!

Go back a few thousand years to Egypt. The Jews, enslaved by Pharoah are to be rescued after many years by Moses, but no, their leaders say, we have worked long and hard to gain these conditions under pharaoh. We earn enough salt and rice to survive to at least the age of 30, and if Moses liberates us we may die of inactivity!

Thank goodness that was a dream... but no, it wasn't! The modern day slaves are actually voting for slavery! Originally I thought it was one or two cranks who weren't well, until after a week of discussions it turned out the research the Russians and hypnotists had done was wrong. People can be brainwashed!

The basic thrust was they believed they needed to work inhuman hours as they wouldn't survive otherwise. Clearly no idea of economics, or common sense. With the working time directive we also had a minimum wage we didn't opt of. So it IS possible to work a basic week without starving. Amazing, isn't it!
What, you ask? House prices? Who decides them? The twats who are working long hours mainly, that's who! Not the government or the estate agents or Europe, the home owners themselves. So if wages do drop slightly as the employers are forced to take on a few more staff everyone will be affected and prices will drop. Simple economics. Anyway, I think to 99% of the people I'm stating the obvious. Some may even say these apparent idiots are planted to fulfil a campaign by the employers themselves, but I doubt that would get very far. So the only conclusion is these people have been gradually brainwashed to believe they have to work long hours or starve.

I personally fear Europe's power over us, but of course any monster has to come up with good ideas as well and this just happened to be one of them. The continentals work on average far less than 48 hours a week, and guess what, they survive. If wages drop, so will prices. Ask any 14 year old doing GCSE economics. Market forces, and under socialism many of the lowest paid would be subsidised as well. No problem, no poverty. These people have really worried me severely, as it shows the intelligence and sanity of the masses is far lower than I thought. Maybe they actually need a massive nanny state to stop them falling over a cliff. Sad, isn't it.