He argues that the Salem witch trials represent a human problem of mass hysteria rather than a conflict solely about religious superstition or misogyny.

“I think it's an interesting sort of proxy for the modern day where it's like, hey, anytime you're in a position where things are going bad for a society and the people in power just want to be like, hey, it's those people's fault, I'm like, take a step back, take a breath.”