=> There is more to life than supply and demand, and home ownership has a hidden effect on societal responsibility, wellbeing and a life milestone
Supply and demand isn't proscriptive; it's descriptive. It's not like we get to choose whether we live in a society where the principles of supply and demand hold. They hold either way.
Because schools are closed, parents have to be with their children all the time
A lot of them are really, really stressed out because of this.
Which begs the question - why the fuck did you bother to have kids then?
Children are blessings from heaven. If they can not see it that way, then they should free themselves from that and chose not to have kids instead
Mind blowing
I really don't think humans evolved to have a nuclear family with no external support from grandparents, uncles, aunts, neighbours, etc. We also have a scenario where children have been robbed of their independence (suburban design patterns, dangerous drivers, fearmongering on the news about child molesters, etc.) - so you can't just shove your 5 year old out the front door at 9 AM and tell them to come back for lunch.
I would _much_ rather watch my kids and my nieces and nephews for half a day, then trade, than watch my kids all day long. It's utterly grueling.
Prior to the helicopter parenting era, kids would spend whole days playing outside unless the weather was bad. This gave everyone some breathing space, kids and parents alike.
Also, I'm absolutely not worried about their own well-being, or lack of social interactions, or even the constant loss of bearings, or if they themselves worry about how their parents are doing.
Without the interaction of other adults and children, children get quickly bored and require much more attention than a couple let alone a single individual can provide.
Yes the life you are born into is not "fair". But you must also appreciate that the family unit is one of the strongest forces of altruism and inter human bonding for the majority.
Break the family and you break the parts of society that are not run on finance. It's would truly cause an incredible amount of damage undermining the family bond. We are not robots!
Instead, at the moment, rich people move district or pay for private tuition. Because they want the best opportunities for their offspring.
There is no way in the world that people would accept a situation where all babies are randomly shuffled at birth. But - if there was - the rational self interested agent would want to improve opportunity everywhere so their genetic material had a better chance.
Politicians are the least qualified to govern. As written in Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (I'm paraphrasing):
The problem w/ society is that those who want to govern probably shouldn't, and those most apt and equipped to govern (humility, intelligence, compassion) don't want or apply for the position...
So instead of randomly divying out kids, the better solution: 100% random draw elections.
You can turn it down if you want, but nobody can "run for election".
You can't tell me 500 strangers couldn't come together in a decade-long term, and manage this country in a fair/equitable way -- better than say a group of 500 congress-people where about 80% or greater have pocketed cash from corporate donors.