[Pro-police editorials] are like copaganda catnip for liberals. They sedate readers with the illusion that they can be progressives while opposing the people who would implement progressive policies in practice. Elite magazines and newspapers commission and publish these pieces during election season to corral people otherwise attracted to more progressive positions back into the carceral status quo. They trick them into thinking their communities' problems don't have root causes that need social and economic investment, but are instead problems that can be solved by slightly tweaking punishment policy and giving more money to the bureaucrats who enforce it.

The fancy think piece, then, is perhaps more like fentanyl than catnip. It's like pumping a drug into the veins of liberals to give them the momentary bliss of thinking that we don't need structural changes to make our society more equal. Consuming stuff like this is killing us fast, and it's often laced with fake ingredients.

— Copaganda by Alec Karakatsanis (Page 223 - 224)