Rational thinking based on the evidence of your senses is good thinking. Thanks for thinking.
You got to go with what you got.
Hear hoof beats? Think horses not zebras.
Since the dawn of time, one group of people has desired to live off, and well off, the work of others. Pharaoh and slaves, Kings and serfs, Commissars and soviets, government and taxpayer.
The names change, the game is the same.