Someone replied to me on a different discussion of this topic with a very astute point, paraphrasing: 9 out of 10 people seem to prefer to catch and punish a p

Someone replied to me on a different discussion of this topic with a very astute point, paraphrasing: 9 out of 10 people seem to prefer to catch and punish a pedo than pay higher taxes to fund actual child and family support services that actually, actively protect children from violence, hunger, drug abuse, and, depressingly, all the rest of the shit that gathers at the bottom end of humanity. Maybe not 9 out of 10, but I'd guess at least a majority, which is still a fucking sad state of affairs. On the other hand though, that could just be because actual, active child protection doesn't enter into political discussion of internet surveillance. So that's what we need to inject into the conversation to make "then" understand that there are more angles to view this from.