i keep thinking how, in an oligarchy, corporate law academics have to be political scientists. a role for which we are untrained and unsuited. but here we are.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/04/midterm-election-blue-wave-trump-billionaires.html
@annmlipton How do you think economists feel about it?
@grumble209 didn't you guys always think you were political scientists tho
@annmlipton perspective: in fairness, they are better prepared than the largely- unqualified-for-anything, fail-upwards corpo douchestack manbaby in a suit-n-tie and phony hair, who's only where they are because their daddy sent them to an Ivy League.