I think it perpetuates the ideas of how to wield authority. The concept of enticing people to cheat in order to be able to catch people at cheating is of a pie

I think it perpetuates the ideas of how to wield authority. The concept of enticing people to cheat in order to be able to catch people at cheating is of a piece with "anti-terror" operations where federal agents set up fake terrorist cells, recruit feckless malcontents, and guide and cajole them until they can get them to do something illegal.