[Goronmon]

How you prevent the situation where wealthy/powerful men begin to monopolize the pool of available women? What happens to the men that now have a harder time finding long term relationships?

To me, it seems it would accelerate the wealth gap we already see today.

Edit: Here is a good summary of some of the concerns I would personally see with a system. From the Supreme Court in British Columbia.

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/11/15/2011BCSC1588.ht...

Edit2: And frankly, I think I don't see the big upside that makes all those risks worth it.

[danbruc]

It is a interesting question whether you have a right to a relationship or if it is at least desirable to have a policy that makes it more likely that everyone can find one. I never thought about it.

My views regarding wealth distribution and the like would easily be associated with socialism and communism by many (Americans at least). But here my first reaction is more like sorry for you if you can not find a partner because of your social status. This worries me a bit because you could easily argue that a relationship and having children is in some sense more important for humans than being wealthy. I really have to think about it for some time.

The only thing I am already pretty sure is that there is nothing that justifies a right to have a relationship, i.e. there is no justification to force someone into a relationship with someone if for example this person is simply a really unpleasant person. But is it desirable to level the playing field as good as possible? I can't say ad hoc, but my intuition is no.