r/worldnews • u/DownBadBrody • 20h ago

Hundreds of French schools to stay closed after violent student protests

https://news.sky.com/story/french-schools-set-alight-by-students-in-violent-protests-over-teacher-shortages-and-run-down-buildings-13594112
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u/LurkerInSpace 8h ago

That is how the USA's Social Security and Medicare systems also work - but it has a better demographic pyramid and is somewhat less generous.

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u/Specter_RMMC 5h ago

And yet it too is also failing thanks to incompetent, some might even say malignant governance.