Moloch is older than United States, Q. Humanity has been plagued with this evil for a very long time.
Because every woman has a natural instinct to nurture children and families, something has to pervert or corrupt that in order to make infanticide seem like a good thing. It's still as much about 'narrative control' as it is about saving lives.
No one is born a psychopath. The monsters are created by methods of indoctrination. It's sickening to even think about it.
The corruption is unnatural.