aprilfoolsGeorge Osborne today promised us ?full employment? during a speech in Essex. Has
Osborne had a turn of cheek and abandoned his Thatcherite politics in favour of the long
march to socialism? You?d think so, if it wasn?t for the fact that he refused to define
what exactly he meant by ?full employment?. One thing is for certain though, ?full
employment? in this case, does not mean jobs for everybody. Nor does it mean the
government is going to create jobs for people. ---- What he has actually promised us is
his commitment to securing the ?fullest? possible levels of employment by cutting taxes
for businesses. Surprise, surprise! The Tories grand scheme to make our lives better is
actually a way to make life easier for the capitalists. Hands up if you didn?t see that
coming? Didn?t think so.
He must have made a mistake and put his clocks forward a whole day instead of one hour
because April Fool?s Day isn?t until tomorrow! Nobody cared to tell George that when he
let slip his hilarious joke. ?Full employment?? ?Caring about working people?? Tell me
another one!
Osborne?s carefully chosen words were obviously an attempt to muscle in on traditionally
Labour territory. Though what is important to remember is that no party can promise us
full employment, not under a capitalist system. Capitalism relies on a surplus of
unemployed workers to keep wages and conditions down. The constant threat of unemployment
is used to keep workers under control and to prevent us for fighting for better
conditions. We?re constantly reminded that there are an army of people out there waiting
for the chance to steal our jobs, so we better stop complaining and get back to work!
What does full employment mean though, in its most literal context? Jobs for everybody?
More like wage slavery for everybody (but the rich). We are forced into work to pay for
the things we need to survive yet it is we who create everything in the first place. Just
think, when you go to do your shopping, who do you think picks the vegetables, stacks the
shelves or sits at the check outs everyday? It isn?t the bosses, that?s for certain. It?s
working people like you and me, and its working people who receive the smallest cut of the
economy.
Full employment is a scam, dreamed up by politicians to try to lull us into a sense of
better days to come. When in fact full employment wouldn?t result in any meaningful
increase to our living conditions. Only a new society, based on mutual aid, where people
are free to consume and produce what they want. Where we don?t need bosses to tell us what
to do. Where we receive the full fruit of our labour and don?t need money to survive. That
world is called anarchist communism, and it?s what we are fighting for.
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