“The people who have paid in to SS had no control over their money being taken. They were all victims of a vast Ponzi scheme with no choice other than to leave the country.”
Really? Just helpless victims? Couldn’t vote to change that system or rebel to get rid of it? Just kick the can down the road?
The American public was sold a Ponzi scheme. How exactly would you expect private citizens to "rise up" when most Americans for many decades thought it was a good idea? Do you want the retirees of today to pay for the sins of the previous generations?