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It's never been about protecting children, that's how it's been sold to the people who aren't paying attention. That always works, that or "terrorism".
Prompt people to fear for their kids, or fear other people, and they can be manipulated. Fear and anger are much stronger than love and compassion, unfortunately.
Seems like a good place to leave this link. For those who haven't seen it,
Timothy May, 1988, the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse.
Fun fact. Timothy May was also the guy who discovered in 1979 that low level radiation was causing memory errors in computers.