While many demonstrations against the pension reform are still taking place in the four corners of the France, the unpredictable boss of Tesla and Twitter went there with his little comment on the subject, which has been worrying the French for a few weeks.
In response to a video posted on Twitter showing Paris streets stormed by protesters with burning street furniture, Elon Musk reaffirmed his support for the reform championed by the French government. "The retirement age in France is too low. This is a real problem," he wrote on Saturday on the platform.
Retirement age in France is too low. That's a legit issue.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 18, 2023
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"The France seems to like to have a good strike/riot from time to time," the multibillionaire had also commented a few minutes earlier, in response to the video shared by Kim Dotcom, a computer scientist known for his illegal download site Megaupload, closed in 2012.
"You're missing the point"
A comment that quickly reacted many Internet users, annoyed to see again the whimsical boss of Tesla and Twitter express himself on the social situation in France. "You're missing the point. If so, go through the democratic process and vote. Not by executive decree," one user replied.
It even seems that the French streamer Arkunir, who had already succeeded in November to "ratio" the multibillionaire, has repeated his small feat. The tweet of the Frenchman, who simply posted "a question mark", has indeed collected more likes than the tweet of Elon Musk. A new "humiliation" for the boss of the platform, which has amused Internet users.
It's so much my little him it's too pic.twitter.com/dzp6uYtPhi
— Arkunir (@Arkunir) March 18, 2023
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This is not the first time Elon Musk has spoken out on pension reform in France. Last January, the boss of Tesla had already given even more direct support to this reform, believing then that "Macron [did] a difficult thing, but fair". "The retirement age of 62 was set when life spans were much shorter. It is impossible for a small number of employees to support a large number of retirees," he wrote on his Twitter account.
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