I appreciate all of these thoughtful comments. I'm wondering where that inflection point exists...where people are no longer incentivized to work hard.
The deserted island/Amish community/hippie commune analogies are listed throughout the comments. What I think these populations have in common is a more intimate sense of accountability.
At what point does that accountability shift to a central authority, and away from me? That seems to be the point at which so many of the unfortunate applications of communist theory have revealed themselves across history. THANKS!