It was a wild character arc. Paraphrasing heavily…

90s “Corporations are stupid and abusive to employees”

2001 “What if we’re all just fragments of God? Why do we fight each other?”

2009 “Place bets on the people you hate most, they always seem to win.”

2023 “Black Lives Matter is a racist hate group.”

2025 “Trump will fix everything. Also please get me into a medical trial daddy.”

I was really holding out for the redemption arc but alas.

I’m a little sad about it. I liked his writing in the late 90s/early 2000s. Very anti-corporate. Imperfect but fairly progressive. It seemed like he was just a hippie at heart. I wish I understood what happened to him. From the outside looking in my best guess is falling victim to his success, he began to think too highly of himself, and maybe a bit too much paying attention to Fox News. It was a wild turnaround from my perspective.