>But the American system can be better if you want to work for 5-10 years at a high-paying job out of school, living frugally to save up a lot, and then just qu

>But the American system can be better if you want to work for 5-10 years at a high-paying job out of school, living frugally to save up a lot, and then just quit That accounts for about 0% of the population. Well, probably many people want to retire after a few years, but almost no one actually can do it. So saying that it's better for those people at the expense of everyone else is pretty much just saying it's worse.