> left-leaning ideas of the younger generations about ecology and equality "extreme-left"
Whatever the labelling you want to use, but we know for a fact that extreme ecology is going to destroy our country. We saw what happened with French nuclear, we are seeing it in the EU car industry, we are seeing it in French housing. We already know that radical ecology is going to bring social unrest. That the first to suffer is going to be poorest people.
> deficit that was literally created by giving money to large companies and rich people in the form of tax deductions.
We are still one of the most tax heavy country with the most social contribution in Europe and in the world. Macron is just trying to level the playing field and make France attractive.
> it's about people asking for compassion towards difficult jobs more than for their own selves, and I could go on...
After this reform, we will still be one of the most generous country in the world even for pension and social net even among Europe and even more worldwide.
> Macron is just trying to level the playing field and make France attractive.
... to whom?
> After this reform, we will still be one of the most generous country in the world even for pension and social net even among Europe and even more worldwide.
Not sure why I'm thinking about a frog being slowly boiled alive.
To the people whose job it is to advocate for the privileges of the wealthy. And that is a frightening number of highly-trained, well-paid people.
They are starting with the foundational belief that taking any privileges whatsoever from the wealthy will end in complete catastrophe for all of society. This is, of course, not true, but it's a story that pays well to tell and re-tell. So, it gets told a lot, particularly here in the Anglosphere, and also apparently now in France.
France has been very generous during COVID, has been very generous during the Energy Crisis with the `bouclier tarifaire` that has helped most the poorest. We really have to put that in a world context where most does not get anything during time like this. Can we really say that France is boiling alive its people?
>Not sure why I'm thinking about a frog being slowly boiled alive.
The double entendre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre) here is wonderfully funny, I love bilingual jokes.
It is true that this reform (like all others before it, they revolve every 5-10 years in France) is only modifying the system at the margin, so it really is a slow boil.
Whatever the labelling you want to use, but we know for a fact that extreme ecology is going to destroy our country. We saw what happened with French nuclear, we are seeing it in the EU car industry, we are seeing it in French housing. We already know that radical ecology is going to bring social unrest. That the first to suffer is going to be poorest people.
> deficit that was literally created by giving money to large companies and rich people in the form of tax deductions.
We are still one of the most tax heavy country with the most social contribution in Europe and in the world. Macron is just trying to level the playing field and make France attractive.
> it's about people asking for compassion towards difficult jobs more than for their own selves, and I could go on...
After this reform, we will still be one of the most generous country in the world even for pension and social net even among Europe and even more worldwide.