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.

When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.

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.

History should be about every generation's will to power.

I'm a Nietzschean about human nature. The bulk of humanity is exhausted and superfluous, miscreant, confused, latently criminal, opportunistic. I rely on that. That's leverage, man.

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.

The technology will break gun control. I stand for freedom.

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

All activism is fake activism.