France does protests more effectively. The government is paying attention there and trying very hard to hide the fact that the emperor has no clothes.
France does protests more effectively. The government is paying attention there and trying very hard to hide the fact that the emperor has no clothes.
They are protesting against the same things that would make their situation better (like increasing the retirement age)
But they're too stupid to realize that
How does increasing the retirement age help? Genuinely curious
Pensions outspend every other social expense in France
The retirees have greater disposable income than the young people (read, most people in the labour market)
And of course the number of retirees is going up every day
They can imagine themselves growing old which is pretty smart for young people
They cannot imagine themselves getting less than they put in because of an ever increasing proportion of non-workers.
Ironically, the younger people from whom to extract productivity to pay for the defined benefit pensions are being supplied by immigrants, who are also politically unpopular.