I actually think the common anarchist position is that people are fundamentally good, blah blah blah. I don't believe that.

Any democratic sentiment propels my politics.

I really try not to be like, "I'm an activist."

The sad thing about Trump is that everybody is secretly really relieved he got elected, of the people I know - the professional left and academic left.

There's more roles now to fill since Trump's in. There's this refusal of power. I think progressives are actually literally uncomfortable with the exercise of power, because of what you learn. When you're too educated you understand the total disconnect of the exercise of power.

I can fight for something in the name of democratization, although I don't use that word a lot anymore. Come on, man. I hate democratic capitalism.

I love the example of Jefferson because he's willing to murder his government and then he becomes a president and then his face is in a mountain. Just because he exercised his power.