I’m Gen X and I don’t know anyone of my generation who expects a dime back on SS. It may be 30 years until I retire, and there’s no way in the world this system is holding on until then. It’s got 10 years left at the current rate without radical restructuring.
Supposedly 2042 is d-day for SS if nothing changes. But it will, they will reduce benefits, raise the age, etc etc. It doesn't take much of an individual reduction in benefits multiplied a gazillion times over to make a big difference.
I felt the same way when I was your age looking at 30+ years of work ahead of me before collecting SS. It was the right attitude though because I prepared for retirement believing SS would not be there. Likely I will receive it now and so it will be icing on the cake.