Poor people love their sh*tty zero-hour jobs, claim capitalist pigs

Some people like having zero-hour contracts. They enable a person to maintain a balance between their work and social life. But this statement overlooks low-paid jobs and the fact that:

PEOPLE WITH FUCK ALL MONEY OR JOB SECURITY CAN’T AFFORD A SOCIAL LIFE!

I guess you think that the 65% of people who are happy with their zero hours contracts and work life balance (compared to 58% of all workers) are either stupid or evil then? https://t.co/QizYhKNmmQ

— Tom Harwood (@tomhfh) October 4, 2018

Confusion 

There’s a willful attempt here to confuse things. On the one hand, we have:

• People with good jobs who can afford to maintain a situation in which they aren’t guaranteed work every day.

These people are ?.

The other group are:

• People who have zero-hour contracts because their employer realised it gives them the freedom to not give employees work whenever they feel like earning a bit more money.

These people are ?.

When people talk about the issues with zero-hour contracts, they are talking about those who are ?. Pointing to the ? people as evidence there’s no problem is like using the autobahn as proof that motorists should be able to do 120mph in a school zone.

….Isabel Oakeshott = should not only take a zero hour contract, but try one on minimum wage! #questiontime #BBCqt

*I am sick of the #BBC trotting out & advocating for right wing borderline fascists

— Art of Kuriology (⧖) 〓〓 (@strangecurios) October 5, 2018

Transparent

Of course, there’s a very good reason why the right wing tell us we love shitty jobs. It’s because they know people are on to them, and that leaves two options:

• Fix the problem.
• Lie through their fucking teeth.

Although if you’re a Tory, that’s really only one option.

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