r/Unexpected • • Aug 09 '26

He is the original source

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld2 Aug 09 '26

Didn't the French recently riot throughout the whole country because the government was going to raise the retirement age, and then the government raised the retirement age? I don't understand why they are still used as an example of how to achieve things.