I think as a society we can strive for better than "work till you die". There sees to be a lot of people out there who don't see any objective beyond making a profit, I feel sad for them, and hope that some day they can stop and smell the roses.
The social security trust is scheduled to run dry over the next decade and benefits will need to be cut by ~25% because it has been chronically underfunded over the past decades. Note that a majority of the current beneficiaries of SS vote against raising taxes to fund it while also being against cutting benefits.
Current recipients put in a pittance while taking out a ton
But I don't know why that would be your preferred solution. Let's fund it properly.
Second, why do you assume all retirees are relying on social security? I'm not. It will certainly be nice if I ever get to collect any, but I'd have to be a fool to count on that in the current political, economic, or demographic situation. Especially when I see how prevalent comments like yours are among future voters. People might have no expectation or intention of ever collecting one penny (in either currency) of public money, and still consider re-entering the workforce because of what the market manipulators have done to their savings.