> Like they deliberately want a system that can be abused, or that they actually know that it can and will be abused, but not voting for it would make them appear soft on crime?

They don't care either way. They do whatever they think is popular to garner support. If it was popular to bring slavery back, they would advocate for that.

> Honestly I think the majority aren't smart enough to do the cost benefit analysis of these system, so they just ignore the warning.

I honestly wonder why many of you keep on giving these people the benefit of the doubt. Please don't quote Hanlon's razor at me. There's another side of it that often isn't discussed.

Nefarious individuals know (if they can't verbalise it) that most people will assume a mistake is made rather than malice and they will routinely use this to their advantage. Anyone that is in the political space, I automatically assume malice.