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american yerushalmi: There clearly is a problem of communication here.
No one-to my knowledge- is against a kollel system that rewards the few who are exceptional talmidei chacomim. As a matter of fact, this was the system for hundreds of years- a few, select metsuyonim were supported by the community or by their parents and parents in law. What many people are objecting to today is the Israeli system that gives every person coming out of yeshiva the right- not even the privilege but the right!- to sit in kollel at someone else’s expense. Forever.THAT is the reason why you see so much opposition to the present system. Not to mention that they avoid going to the army, thereby causing the resentment of their compatriots.