IcePee

Basically, it sounds like you are seeing this as a systemic failure. However, while I agree with your analysis, fuckery at the voting stations can only take you so far. The last election saw Trump win beyond a margin where election interference would have mattered. It wasn't marginal.
I would also argue this analysis runs the risk of disenfranchising the electorate. They have agency. To be clear I don't think the blame can be heaped totally on one side or another.

I think I covered this. In FPTP during a two horse race anything other than voting against the winner is *effectively* voting for them. I make a distinction between effective and active (or, inactive, as the case may be).

I think it's OK to blame voters, for they *do* have agency, but not exclusively. I think the military industrial complex as well as the politicians and political parties (but, I repeat myself) should probably shoulder at least two thirds of the blame.

You neglect to consider adopting parents.

Regrettably, this focused flexibility has an unintended side effect. It makes people with children less desirable in the job market. If it is a universal right, then it has the effect of pulling those with kids into parity with the non parents.

This recent rise may also be due to the current US administration forgetting to stockpile petroleum before going to war.