but the system is also run by people equally stupid
That's where you're wrong. They need a continuous trickle of "creep caught with tons of child porn" stories to justify the ever-increasing surveillance state. If they scooped them all off the street in one go, what other boogeyman solicits enough emotional response from the public to get them to accept having their personal communication scanned, cameras at every corner, 24/7 tracking and monitoring, etc?
That's where you're wrong. They need a continuous trickle of "creep caught with tons of child porn" stories to justify the ever-increasing surveillance state. If they scooped them all off the street in one go, what other boogeyman solicits enough emotional response from the public to get them to accept having their personal communication scanned, cameras at every corner, 24/7 tracking and monitoring, etc?
I get what you're saying, and there's a point there but, no, I also think the people in charge are also just that stupid. :(
Never attribute to stupidity what you can to malice.
It's both. I'm not saying they're not evil...but the are also stupid.