I'm curious what is your preferred solution for financing public infrastructure. All private? Every street and sewer line is a company's property?
Even human societies like hunter gatherers redistributed food within their groups so some of them could concentrate on child rearing and basic tool making while others acquired food. Even if duties were shared, they couldn't all be done at the same time.
Redistribution of surplus was a major contributing factor which led to the specialization necessary to develop early technology like agriculture, which ultimately led to where we are today.
It was certainly a critical part of the creation of the American middle class and consumer culture after the second world war.