minus-squareraoul@lemmy.worldtoAustralia@aussie.zone•Our retirement age just went up — so why aren't we as angry as the French?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoThe French have a social contract between generations, and workers actually pay pensions from their salary into a separate fund - ie not as PAYG. So why are they angry? They don’t put with shit. You gotta remember that 220 years ago they introduced democracy by overthrowing and guillotining their whole ruling class. linkfedilink
The French have a social contract between generations, and workers actually pay pensions from their salary into a separate fund - ie not as PAYG.
So why are they angry? They don’t put with shit.
You gotta remember that 220 years ago they introduced democracy by overthrowing and guillotining their whole ruling class.