Giving poor people money will not help the situation. How much money do you need to give to a family, that would want to have a picnic over the weekend, so that Bill Gates and Elon Musk and others, could not outbid them.
Yeah wont happen in real world. I wont assume bad faith from you, but generally speaking saying just give them money is a huge copout.
> Auctions work just fine for eg van Gogh paintings, and they have been in decidedly fixed supply since 1890.
Glad you brought that up.
Van Goh sold his paintings and owners of such paintings then sell them on auctions etc.
There are people in the art world who would argue that such paintings do belong in Museums, so that public can enjoy them. So they band together and collect money so that their local museum can afford to buy such Van Goh painting.
After such painting are displayed in Museum where anyone can view them, for a fixed price, that generally covers the upkeep.
Which is the same situation as here. there is a public park (that is by definition there to be used by the public), that sells tickets, that should cover the upkeep. But since the demand is too high, it sometimes need to raffle them.
Auctions would defeat the purpose.