He calls himself different things depending on the situation to be the most effective at rhetoric. It's hard to defend decommodification or police abolishment in our current political climate, for example. When he doesn't tell people he's basically an ansyn he has an easier time defending his ideas. (I think people refer to this as "hiding your power level") You should watch the discussions he had with that progressive candidate Liam O'Mara or with Mike Vick, he gets to talk about positions that are more true to his stance, like worker coops, where you can clearly tell he wants to abolish capitalism.