Since Saturday, Australians have been required to wait until the age of 67 until they can get the age pension. It has happened with little protest — a stark contrast to the demonstrations and riots that have rocked France, writes Peter Whiteford.
  • kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    26·
    1 year ago

    Unfortunately for us, we’ve developed a culture that is against anyone that can be seen as a ‘whinger’. Anyone who has complaints about how things are run is generally seen as lazy or entitled, and the mentality of ‘my life sucked so yours should too’ is extremely prevalent.

    • billytheid@aussie.zoneMEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      Australians are world class bootlickers; we’re more amenable to fascism or totalitarianism then the Chinese. The hilarious part is it;s 90% vanity,

      • nevernevermore@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        nah mate we’re the lucky country if you don’t like it then get back on yer boat

        but nationalism aside, I just don’t see me making it to 67 anyway, the odds are stacked against so many of us right now.

        • billytheid@aussie.zoneM
          3·
          1 year ago

          I just don’t see me making it to 67 anyway

          you said it man. when my body really starts to fall apart I’m taking 10k and going on a last blast bender, everything else to by nieces so they have a chance in the climate wars

    • w2qw@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know when it was changed but it was phased it in over time. People this year are the first that have to wait until 67.

    • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Same here, thought it already was 67.

      I think a bit of the “eh” attitude is that we have a pretty damn good superannuation system in place, which means that most people should have enough money put away without them lifting a finger to make it to 67 just fine.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Because none of us under the age of 50 suffer the delusion that we might be able to retire some day.

    Retirement is for boomers, and the wealthy. The rest of us pick up the slack, all while while we’re labeled lazy and ungrateful by those that came before us.

    Edit: haha oh, this is Australia. Sorry, American here. I just assumed it was us because it was depressing. I wonder if my take on this transcends the country borders, though? Do you all have the same sort of situation there?

  • niknah@aussie.zoneEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    France’s pension pays more than the minimum wage. Here the aged pension is almost half of minimum wage. A lot of people there have planned their retirement assuming that they’ll get that nice pension.

    In the future, most people here will be living off their super. Aged pension will be for people who haven’t worked much and the self employed because they don’t have compulsory super. The aged pension won’t affect too many people in the future.

  • TassieTosser@aussie.zoneEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    Probably because our overlords are too busy distracting us by having us fight over whether people who have been colonised and have had everything taken away deserve a louder voice on their stolen land?