There is no alternative. A Democrat is a Republican is a big businessman, and we're all consumers instead of citizens. It just manifests in the culture, in the music, in the art. I feel a little panicky about it.

The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.

But as bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem

I hope progressive ways of thinking will permeate the "mainstream" more and more in the coming years. Goddess knows we have endured a very long spell (thirty plus years) of regressive thinking and hyper conservativism dominating our culture and national discourse. It necessitates risk taking and rule breaking by people in all walks of life to swing that pendulum back though.

I envy your ignorance, I hear that it's bliss.

Too much is how I love you, but too well is how I know you.

There's a paradox in every paradigm.