Rob Larson
@ironicprofessor.bsky.social
Economics professor | author Mastering the Universe, Bit Tyrants and Capitalism vs Freedom | house economist Current Affairs | AFT local 2196 | steal from the rich and drink to the poor
Been a hell of a mask-off week for centrist democrats
Boo fucking hoo Non-stop scolding and demands to ditch anything popular with the base, she’s a liability
Why sleep normal when you can sleep upside-down uncomfortably? Anyway happy weekend to those who celebrate
Came to the man’s main role late in life. Really grateful for the better self he played for ‘90s audiences. So many great moments, just fuck, what an awful gratuitous loss
Bolsonaro Jr to Lula as he gets on a flight to Trump’s USA: “I’m telling”
Ha, the California ruling class is on track to spend half a billion dollars fighting a union-backed one-off wealth tax, and they all agree they can’t be openly associated with the campaign because people hate them and blame them for everything going wrong
In line with long historical practice, capitalist markets are already punishing the people of Brazil with capital flight, yanking assets from the country and making it far harder for the government to meet the public’s demands
Dear god, yeah so the New Deal was a social contract because it was institutionalized through Social Security and Medicare and paid for collectively. “I give you dimes when I feel like it” is not a social contract, you degraded bootlicking toadies
US evacuates Mideast outposts due to suspected war going on
No work getting done thanks to a certain fool who will fully lay on my arm for uncomfortably long periods. Happy weekend to those who celebrate
Yes, drive up their costs to kingdom come with tariffs and Mideast wars we start, then just bail out your most blindly loyal constituents with billions we cut from schools and AIDS victims. Good stuff
Quick reminder that in 2017 Macron abolished the French “solidarity tax” on wealth, and since then has tried instead to tax working class commuters, kicking off the yellow vest protests, and now austerity which has triggered massive demonstrations and riots
Ha, for 20 years students have come in the door of my classroom quite aware of their declining prospects and our dying planet, but sure you joyless intellectually sterilized Bush-era op-ed writers, blame it all on English profs who made the kids read Angela Davis
Hahaha use your precious AI on THIS, students HAHAHAHAHA
Cowardly business press celebrating Friedman while ignoring his greatest critic
At last I may again breathe freely with Mamdani’s grip loosened from my neck. Idiots
This little princess had $700 of medical tests this week and she has early kidney disease. Common for a lady of her stately age of 16. Appreciating your prayers at this difficult time. And happy weekend to those who celebrate
So much going on, but I just want to point out how frequently even the business press is now using the phrase class war
I know I say this all the time, but the context for these numbers is wall to wall media opposition to unrealistic socialism. People pick socialism despite never hearing arguments for it
Man if there’s one thing tech billionaires taking over media hate, it’s beloved brand names with generations of name equity
