One of the malign changes that neoliberalism/libertarianism has wrought is societal attitudes to children.

Prior societies understood that children are fundamental to society. If the children die, the community dies with it. Modern business thoery and economics see children as extraneous. That's cultural poison and it's everywhere now.

Agreed. I don't know exactly between what poles this valley is, but I know this is the uncanny area of it.