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When France bumped the retirement age up to 64, it made a lot of people go nuts. An increase is gonna require some political capital.
It is also peak neoliberalism. We are richer than ever yet people are supposed to work until they are in their grave. God forbid we'd fairly tax wealth and inheritance creating a society where everyone can live in decency.
Sadly not all people are like the French. Other countries already raised the retirement age several times over the last decades and the people did nothing to stop their governments.
Yeah also driving older folks to stay in the job pool longer is at odds with getting younger people to start families. It puts negative pressure on wages and reduces the number of available jobs. Huge part of why people aren't having kids is that it's expensive as shit.