It must be this then that leaks some questions in my thoughts.
What if the money you buy the properties with is a result of your contributions?
Is there a decent and accessible way to have funds to buy such properties while not having to contribute first?
Let's say I've spent 20 years working 12 hours a day contributing about 4x the average productivity - would it be ok to buy properties and continue not contributing or should I be forced to continue contributing?
What is the optimal path to reap rewards of my contributions? Having taxpayers pay that money to me in a form of retirement is one way, but what if I paid 10x more taxes as a result of my contributions should 10 other people pool their taxes to pay my retiremenet to make it fair? Or will I get the same as those who worked half what I did?
I remember my father told me that in communism there were two options as well, you either had to contribute how you were told or else you were a parasite and put to jail. Seemed fair to many.
In 1920s Russia they mostly genocided them - this is not considered fair these days.
I guess the reason it seemed fair to many is that there is truth to the simplistic formulation of your feelings.
The best definition of evil I've ever heard was - "all evil is perverted good, and it is that aspect of the good which it retains that makes it attractive to many people"
Anyway, writing this as someone "without a dog in the race" what about your dogs in the race - you mentioned you were looking at properties right now?
