Rob Larson
@IronicProfessor
Econ prof | author Mastering the Universe, Bit Tyrants, Capitalism vs Freedom | house economist @curaffairs | AFT 2196 | steal from the rich & drink to the poor
The world's cursed by war and on fire with climate change, and it's all for the benefit of a tiny rogue's gallery of stinking rich bastards. Announcing my new book on the ruling class, Mastering the Universe from @haymarketbooks. Out in Aug, pre-order now! bookshop.org/p/books/master…
This whole exchange with my friend Matt and sundry X conservatives precisely depicts the benefits and respect leftists receive for engaging intellectually with the right
Lol I wrote a whole eulogy for Scruton when he passed away since I've enjoyed reading his work so much...
Today the Wall Street Journal has an editorial by the leader of Israel’s puppet collaborator force in Gaza. This is like if Henry Ford’s racist newspaper ran an op-ed by a kapo about how great collaboration with the Reich is
Western countries will never be forgiven for their role in the deliberate and mass starvation of innocent children, in front of our eyes, in the year 2025. Genocide.
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Not bad with 0% media support
Nearly two-thirds of young Americans view socialism favorably, according to a 2025 YouGov/CATO poll. That's up from 51% in 2019.
Still doesn’t make sense, 5 years out. Grateful to have had our time together, top of the world. Miss you my friend.
Our society celebrates the public faces of movements, the presidents and tv personalities. But we forget the little-known figures who toil to cut school lunches, increase toxins in the water, break nurses unions and limit voting rights. So RIP Ed Feulner, you gigantic asshole
The right has always had a pronounced anti-intellectual streak In The Meaning of Conservatism Roger Scruton applauded "unthinking people" who accept the burdens life imposes on them without complaint. They want a society of subjects who uncritically defer to their "superiors."
Why does MAGA hate education?
An incredibly well posed pair of alternatives for the base and party
Amazing watching idiots rhapsodize about a cliff’s notes that consumes all the water in a town
Spending an hour asking ChatGPT about Adam Smith generally teaches you 3x as much as spending an hour reading Wealth of Nations. The undergrads are using AI because it's just a better, more efficient way to learn things
Peoples! I’ll be at @thenordicmuseum next month co-hosting Danish parliamentarian @pelledragsted to talk about his abjectly sick book Nordic Socialism. The book’s great and the event will be a hoot and a half. See you there!
I’m broadly an AI skeptic but I actually do find it 100% credible that Grok is smarter than McKinsey
R.I.P McKinsey. You don’t need a $300k consultant anymore. You can now run full competitive market analysis using Grok 4. Here are the exact 3 mega-prompts I use to replicate McKinsey-style insights for free:
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad.
Est cost to eliminate US homelessness: $20 B Est cost to replace all US lead pipes: $45 B Not enough money for the military per year: $1 T
