Hint: it's feature, not a bug.
Pedophilia is in large part about power -- absolute power. The turn-on is that they can do what they want -- exactly what they want, ALL that they want -- and the recipient can't do anything about it. Which is PRECISELY how the regime is governing right now, to the delight of the MAGAs like Roll Left.
See, a human being of any decency would care about the other person involved in their sex act. If she was incapable of consent, if she was terrified, if the only way you could have sex with her is because she knows your power can silence her, a decent human would not engage in that act. Just like an American government of any decency and loyalty to American ideals would not take pleasure in hurting Americans, purposefully hurting them and saying "and what are you gonna do about it?" But we have neither a government nor people within it with any such decency.
They are all exactly the kind of people who would rape underage girls. Not in spite of the girls' fear and lack of power, but BECAUSE of it.