This is not even close to reality. The reality is that the cap was set in the early 90s at a time where it far exceeded the need and hasn’t been touched since

This is not even close to reality. The reality is that the cap was set in the early 90s at a time where it far exceeded the need and hasn’t been touched since then. And domestic needs have increased while Congress refuses to pass any reform and certainly not increase the cap. A lottery is the only legal way USCIS can act to distribute the number of visas set in the early 90s to the obviously much greater need in the 2020s.