“And how can evil be the mere absence of good? Is genocide the absence of something, of what? Of kindness? Were there no kind Nazis? Of love? Were there no Maoist revolutionaries who loved their families? Evil is an act, we commit evil proactively, it doesn't simply emerge in the absence of good. When you don't put a dollar in the donation tin in the front of the convenience store it doesn't mean that an ax murderer was created. We human beings have one set of actions described as "good" and another set described as "evil.”

“Two things don't need to be "equally bad" to point out that they're both bad.”

“Sorry, but when anyone self-applies the label of "patriot" I gag a little.”

“If you're looking for an enemy, stop imagining it's one group or another. All mankind is your enemy, including yourself.”

“Capitalism and socialism are tools. Each have pros and cons. For each task, use the one that makes the most sense.”

“People who dismiss all capitalism or all socialism are opposite ends of the same kind of stupid.”

“Socialism and capitalism are not mutually exclusive. They can — and should — be used in tandem. Either alone is death by overdose. Balance.”

“And you know who's especially stupid? People who look at how unexceptional and bland and boring they are and say, "You know how I can remedy this? I will take solace in the accomplishments of my entire race. That way, I can draw attention away from the fact that I personally have not accomplished shit!”

“Saying both sides participated in violence doesn't mean both sides are equally ideologically wrong, you know.”

“If your argument is based on a lie, you shouldn't make it.”

“In an evil society a villain is the hero, because only the villain can speak the truth.”