Please explain what you mean by "peer pressure".
There's probably a better word for it, but by peer pressure I mean: the presence or influence any human(s), causing someone to act without a necessary reward save recognition or acceptance by the peer(s).
Oh... you meant "charity", I guess.
It's ok. I'm fine with working for other people and buying them stuff, as long as I don't
have to.
How is what I described charity?
It was already established in the OP that this is a big state solution, not libertarian castle state one.
Is the threat of starvation going to cause someone to decide to become a nuclear physicist?
No, but the lack thereof might make him decide against it.
That would depend on what motivates him. Einstein worked as an IP clerk to pay for food. He changed the world in his spare time.