"I often say, 'I'm a communist, but I drive a Mercedes.' It's not a joke, it's a statement about our predicament."

"We live in a post-ideological era, which means we are more ideological than ever."

"I'm a pessimist, but I'm an optimistic pessimist. I believe things will go wrong, but I'm happy about it."

"We're not dreamers. We're awaking from a dream turning into a nightmare. We're not destroying anything. We're watching the system destroy itself."

"What if the way we perceive a problem is already part of the problem?"