>learn about long term investing and compound returns
>realize the best way to do is to start early and save consistently

>then you realize most kids are sent into overpriced education
>they start late and already deeply into the red
>by the time they dig out of that hole there is almost no amount of income that can make up for lost time

We are screwing ourselves over so badly

What's the exit strategy here?

I don't see one.

This might be a reverse Ukraine where Iran and Israel engage in a war of attrition, with the US supplying Israel while China and Russia supply Iran.
It's a politically divisive subject for the West, also a very costly situation. This plays exactly into Russian and Chinese interests.