Don’t make the mistake of thinking everyone else feels that way. I do, but I have met several people who were not socialized to feel that way - people with the opposite of a work ethic, they feel pride when they obtain wealth by exploiting and misleading others, and are angered by the mere thought of exerting themselves in any way. Those people did crap work when forced to do it - and would use any excuse to avoid work. Having one of them for a co"worker" is an illuminating experience, especially if they trust you enough to share their inmost thoughts and ideals.
My boss* and one of my cow-orkers, who grew up in the old Soviet union and came here as adults, strongly disagree with you. They both say that entire instrumentalities of leeches (such as the internal KGB) grew from the USSR’s failure to solve the (intimately interrelated) free rider and hoarder problems, and that the worst excesses of the Party were enabled by the perceived need to deal with it through aggressive punishment of those seen to be betraying collectivist ideals.
But really, this whole thread is based on condemning one or another ideal based on known bad implementations. AFAIK, there are no examples of successful, functional collectivism on a large scale - the Soviet Union failed and collapsed, and the Party still exists in China (Marxism posits that when Communism is achieved, the Party “withers away” because there is no longer a need for a privileged oligarchy). It remains to be seen whether capitalism (which is arguably the state of nature - since those with more resources aka capital can accomplish more even when states and laws do not exist) will fare better in the long run, but right now it is the way things get done. Musk and his family made sacrifices to put him in a position to get lucky, and when he did (Paypal) he leveraged that luck-granted capital to accomplish social goods that our representative government refuses to perform.
And thus, in a single masterful stroke, Snowlark lays waste to the arguments of myself, Dr. King, Corey, and Humbabella! I submit to your insight.
* child of two anointed Heroes of the Soviet Union, both of whom were Jewish.
