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# ![@rcbregman Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::200514238.png) @rcbregman Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman posts on X about in the, the world, history, ai the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  17.07% [countries](/list/countries)  8.13% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  #4083 [stocks](/list/stocks)  4.88% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  3.25% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  1.63% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  1.63% [formula 1](/list/formula-1)  0.81% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  0.81%

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the) 13.82%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 4.88%, [history](/topic/history) 4.88%, [ai](/topic/ai) #1241, [netherlands](/topic/netherlands) 4.88%, [future](/topic/future) 4.88%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 4.07%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 4.07%, [money](/topic/money) 4.07%, [countries](/topic/countries) 4.07%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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**Top assets mentioned**
[Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)](/topic/$pm) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [2131KOBUSHIDE (21)](/topic/$21)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The best conspiracies are the ones that change the world. In [----] a British group called the Fabian Society plotted to bring us the 8-hour workday and votes for women. In [----] a handful of intellectuals met in a Swiss village to roll back the state and unleash business (they called themselves 'neoliberals'. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020845198335463658 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020845198335463658"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2020845198335463658)  2026-02-09T13:00Z 370.1K followers, 53.1K engagements


"The best conspiracies are the ones that change the world. In [----] a British group called the Fabian Society plotted to bring us the 8-hour workday and votes for women. In [----] a handful of intellectuals met in a Swiss village to roll back the state and unleash business (they called themselves 'neoliberals'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2020846265630683462)  2026-02-09T13:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I wish I didnt have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as the most openly corrupt president in American history. /1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1993246411291603301)  2025-11-25T09:12Z 369.9K followers, 1.2M engagements


"ICE's $100M ad campaign is using the same playbook as the Gestapo & Stasi. The goal To make repression sound reasonable and patriotic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2016877833339961746)  2026-01-29T14:15Z 369.8K followers, 77.4K engagements


"(Nope it's not satire: https://marchforbillionaires.org/ https://marchforbillionaires.org/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2018299541938639264)  2026-02-02T12:24Z 369.8K followers, 11K engagements


"Whenever European billionaires threaten to leave Europe for the US feel free to remind them that they'll actually pay more income tax over there πŸ‘"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2018643996067967244)  2026-02-03T11:13Z 369.8K followers, 50.8K engagements


"Oh but these poor unicorns they're so illiquid they really can't pay And taxing them even a tiny bit will cause all the wealth creators to leavezero innovation mass poverty Surely only a crazy French economist could think we can tax them at all Palantir reported $1.5 billion in losses from 2020-2024. That allowed them to pay $0 in federal income taxes. So how did they spend $64 million on stock buybacks and pay their CEO $3.3 billion over roughly the same period This tax code is a complete joke. Palantir reported $1.5 billion in losses from 2020-2024. That allowed them to pay $0 in federal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2019013471354888353)  2026-02-04T11:41Z 369.9K followers, 113.7K engagements


"Here are the facts: OpenAI's president gave $25 million to MAGA Inc the biggest tech donation of the cycle. Their technology is being used by ICE. And they're vulnerable (down 20% market share this year and burning through cash)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2019036831531373045)  2026-02-04T13:14Z 369.8K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Summary: the people building AI don't know how to make it safe the safety evaluators can't keep up with capability advances there's no effective coordination on AI safety whatsoever and no one knows how to fix any of this. It's time to unleash the Luddites. My bio says I work on AGI preparedness so I want to clarify: We are not prepared. Over the last year dangerous capability evaluations have moved into a state where it's difficult to find any Q&A benchmark that models don't saturate. Work has had to shift toward measures that My bio says I work on AGI preparedness so I want to clarify: We"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2019689154939175022)  2026-02-06T08:26Z 369.9K followers, 65K engagements


"Totally fascinating piece. In the Netherlands major players like the Dutch Grand Prix and Shell are already serving hybrid meat: burgers and pastries made with roughly 50% meat and 50% plant-based ingredients (often seaweed) Without telling customers. And nobody noticed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1998670829727482357)  2025-12-10T08:27Z 369.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Just before Trumps re-election I attended a private tech conference in Silicon Valley. Over dinner the conversation was dominated by a tech bro who spoke in ways that reminded me of 1930s fascists like Mussolini. I pointed this out to him and he replied without irony: Yeah I think we should get a little fascy. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019765635329163327 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019765635329163327"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2019765635329163327)  2026-02-06T13:30Z 370.1K followers, 175.3K engagements


"From this extraordinary piece: 'Last summer while Mark Zuckerberg was conducting hiring raids on other labs Sholto Douglas the Anthropic engineer told me that a number of his colleagues couldve taken a fifty-million-dollar paycheck but the vast majority of them hadnt even bothered to respond.' https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022243404613029901 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022243404613029901"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022243404613029901)  2026-02-13T09:36Z 370.1K followers, 178.2K engagements


"The Greater Awokening"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2018694206823215280)  2026-02-03T14:32Z 370.1K followers, 420.5K engagements


"Noah Smith [--] years ago on AI: 'It's just a chatbot dude.' Noah Smith now: 'You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth.' (Not sharing this to dunk on @Noahpinion - he's one of my favorite bloggers and I shared his skepticism - but to highlight how fast everything is changing.) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022258333479006586 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022258333479006586"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022258333479006586)  2026-02-13T10:35Z 370.1K followers, 76.3K engagements


"@declercq Claude Code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022294364836282742)  2026-02-13T12:58Z 370.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Europe loves to lecture the world about values but morals without power is just vibes. We regulate AI we dont build sell handbags instead of hardware and rely on others for our security and energy. If we really believe in liberal democracy wed better be willing to back it up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2018675246316863713)  2026-02-03T13:17Z 370K followers, 46.6K engagements


"@davidsirota Totally agree about [--] and [--] less concerned about [--] (or at least: I think that is a small worry compared to the much bigger risks). My post is about people dismissing the power of the technology - seeing that a lot on the left. Wishful thinking perhaps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2021878578615386376)  2026-02-12T09:26Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


""Gaza Beach 2030". Peter de Wit wins the annual award for the best political cartoon in the Netherlands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1970582570103456191)  2025-09-23T20:14Z 370.1K followers, 2.5M engagements


"Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture that Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history. You can hear how carefully theyre forced to tiptoe around it. So so chilling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1994009344698954191)  2025-11-27T11:44Z 370.1K followers, 90.1K engagements


"It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty Anyway here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance πŸ’°"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2013235029845921865)  2026-01-19T13:00Z 370.1K followers, 1.2M engagements


"Riveting extraordinary and brutally honest speech by Mark Carney Canada's prime minister. God I wish we would have European leaders like this. Here's an excerpt: In [----] the Czech dissident Vclav Havel later president wrote an essay called The Power of the Powerless and in it he asked a simple question: how did the communist system sustain itself And his answer began with a greengrocer. Every morning the shopkeeper places a sign in his window: Workers of the world unite. He doesnt believe in it. No one does. But he places the sign anyway to avoid trouble to signal compliance to get along. And"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2013720364283478450)  2026-01-20T21:08Z 370.1K followers, 433.7K engagements


"Sometimes you get a few minutes on live TV with a billionaire. I tried to make them count πŸ˜…"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2014005481279267189)  2026-01-21T16:01Z 370.1K followers, 553.5K engagements


"One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2019036775004701046)  2026-02-04T13:14Z 370.1K followers, 319.3K engagements


"I'm increasingly annoyed by how many journalists academics and large parts of the left get everything wrong about AI. So many smug dismissals from people who clearly don't use it (much) or don't know how. I have multiple wtf-moments every week now. For example: was about to get a $100 teleprompter app with voice-recognition yesterday. But had a last minute thought: 'hm let's ask Claude Code'. For context: I've never written a line of code in my life. But I was able to give Claude two rambling prompts [--] minutes later: it works better than the fancy $100 software with 'Patented VoiceTrack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2021667766592209235)  2026-02-11T19:28Z 370.1K followers, 218.7K engagements


"2) In [----] he wrote you'd need teams of human engineers to make AI do anything beyond conversation. Now he's describing AI agents that autonomously write software with the best developers at Spotify and other companies no longer writing code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022258338247930327)  2026-02-13T10:35Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"For people who are still underwhelmed by AI: I was about to buy a $100 teleprompter app but decided to vibe-code one in [--] prompts. Asked Claude to make a website for it as well. (For context: I'm a historian never coded a line in my whole life)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022285071571464226)  2026-02-13T12:21Z 370.1K followers, 51.9K engagements


"I increasingly think the Democrats need an insurgent economic populist to take over the way Trump took over the Republican party. Here's a possible candidate: Erica Payne CEO of @PatrioticMills. I've rarely seen someone fight for working people with this much fire and authenticity. Put a social media team like Mamdani's around her and I'd be VERY curious to see what would happen. This is her recently at the IMF. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022295945048957377 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022295945048957377"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022295945048957377)  2026-02-13T13:05Z 370.1K followers, 119.5K engagements


"@markhenick Think so Arrow keys nudge word by word Page Up/Down jump by sentence otherwise easy to add the feature. I personally much prefer voice control"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022303137160216774)  2026-02-13T13:33Z 370.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@markhenick I'm at my Claude limit now haha but will try to add the feature later ;)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022311168031838677)  2026-02-13T14:05Z 370.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@_everythingism Hmm not my experience used it for long scripts already"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022311366808285593)  2026-02-13T14:06Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@petecodes I really did not 'make' this. I asked Claude to make it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022324164334322035)  2026-02-13T14:57Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Who's more immoral Marketer at Philip Morris Developer at Meta or xAI Marketer at Philip Morris Developer at Meta or xAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022375176248098984)  2026-02-13T18:19Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This is fake news. The new law says no taxing of unrealized gains of startups and real estate. A parliamentary majority wants a future cabinet to consider variants in which all unrealized capital gains remain exempt from taxation. Plus it's supposed to start in [----] (an eternity away in Dutch politics) and still has to pass the First Chamber. News from crypto boosters is usually not very reliable. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022403193959797158 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022403193959797158"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/2022403193959797158)  2026-02-13T20:11Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"3/ Years ago when he was asked a similar question Chomsky replied: Im sure you believe everything youre saying. But what Im saying is that if you believe something different you wouldnt be sitting where youre sitting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1098283527710433282)  2019-02-20T18:09Z 370K followers, 22.3K engagements


"If anyone wonders who funds my work that's The Correspondent. A grassroots reader-funded platform for investigative journalism. Will start publishing in English in September of this year. @The_Corres https://thecorrespondent.com You are a millionaire funded by billionaires thats what you are. Youre part of the problem historian Rutger Bregman can be heard saying of Tucker Carlson in a NowThis video. https://t.co/M7Flhb4z3A https://thecorrespondent.com You are a millionaire funded by billionaires thats what you are. Youre part of the problem historian Rutger Bregman can be heard saying of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1098351205376512000)  2019-02-20T22:38Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Maybe Rupert could give his copy of my book to Tucker now Im sure hell love it as well. So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income the 15-hour workweek and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it. https://t.co/OPxTBXHO5D https://t.co/pFFVrczgjz So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income the 15-hour workweek and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it. https://t.co/OPxTBXHO5D https://t.co/pFFVrczgjz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1098614931690262529)  2019-02-21T16:06Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Another fact that @TuckerCarlson and other Fox News pundits just cant handle: vast majority of Americans including Republicans is in favor of common sense policies like Medicare-for-all universal child care etc. Tucker Carlson says government sponsored daycare is a nefarious Democratic plot to increase immigration https://t.co/BE3R5Qcur2 Tucker Carlson says government sponsored daycare is a nefarious Democratic plot to increase immigration https://t.co/BE3R5Qcur2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1098929659230806016)  2019-02-22T12:57Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Taxes taxes taxes stupid. Pelosi on Medicare for all plan: "How do you pay for that" https://t.co/jSOHqMPn9h https://t.co/0RKje93ffq Pelosi on Medicare for all plan: "How do you pay for that" https://t.co/jSOHqMPn9h https://t.co/0RKje93ffq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1101230710273249280)  2019-02-28T21:20Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


""Anyone who disagrees with my views is welcome to come on and explain why" Just make sure to make your own recording. https://t.co/rZdchBXrG2 https://t.co/rZdchBXrG2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1104943541137088514)  2019-03-11T03:14Z 370.1K followers, 22.5K engagements


"A millionaire funded by billionaires or in his own words [---] percent his bitch. Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch in [----] radio segment: Im [---] percent his bitch https://t.co/S7T01yDqnq by @aidachavez Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch in [----] radio segment: Im [---] percent his bitch https://t.co/S7T01yDqnq by @aidachavez"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1105598929901629443)  2019-03-12T22:38Z 370.1K followers, 10.8K engagements


"1. So I was on the Jeremy Vine (BBC) show today. They had me debate this think tank guy Mark Littlewood from the 'Institute of Economic Affairs'. Sounds very prestigious eh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1108069306783485952)  2019-03-19T18:14Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"3. The weird thing was that he was introduced as some kind of neutral expert. I had to point out that hes in fact a corporate lobbyist who takes money from Big Tobacco climate deniers etc. and sees Brexit as an opportunity to make Britain a paradise for billionaires"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1108069598493065216)  2019-03-19T18:15Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"4. Actually this Institute of Economic Affairs just received an official warning from the Charity Commission because they use taxfree donations to spread their libertarian propaganda. Which is illegal in the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1108069803871342592)  2019-03-19T18:16Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"5. Makes you wonder: why do these people even get airtime Good news is that they seem like a relic of the past. The things he was saying may have been radical in the seventies. Now its just BO-RING"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1108070058679508992)  2019-03-19T18:17Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"So I was on @bbcthisweek tonight. What a bizarre experience. Three dinosaurs teaming up on me changing the subject every [--] seconds saying inequality hasn't gone up since Thatcher. As they say in academia: 'Science advances one funeral at a time.' The show stops in July. The sight of [--] old dudes on live television just being smugly defensive when a younger person is trying to get them to think a bit differently about politics is hilariously depressing #bbctw The sight of [--] old dudes on live television just being smugly defensive when a younger person is trying to get them to think a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1108892954318524417)  2019-03-22T00:47Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"6. The show starts. They play the badly edited video after which three right-wing dinosaurs - two of them politicians from the Stone Age - start teaming up on you. Clearly not one of them has read a page of your book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109002832198451200)  2019-03-22T08:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"7. They make up facts about inequality (hasnt grown) and the economy (never been better). They change the subject every [--] seconds. They hardly let you finish a sentence. Then its over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109002948049281025)  2019-03-22T08:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"8. This was the worst experience Ive had with UK media but after quite a few interviews in different countries I think I can say that on average British journalists are the least curious of all. So often being critical is just a pose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109003241528979456)  2019-03-22T08:05Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"9. Many are not really engaging with the questions. For example compare this interview I did with the genuinely curious Trevor Noah in the U.S with this interview on BBC Newsnight https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=1948640975365363 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hNalEtaaBE4 https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=1948640975365363 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hNalEtaaBE4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109003403798163457)  2019-03-22T08:06Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"10. The good news: there are new media in the UK filling the gap. Smartest questions (and best criticisms) I got this week were from Aaron Bastani of @novaramedia - a tiny startup with really smart young journalists. the end https://www.youtube.com/watchv=PSzhg0bJnLo&t=527s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=PSzhg0bJnLo&t=527s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109004127550537728)  2019-03-22T08:09Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Uh I tried to explain three times how high top marginal tax rates actually work (as a maximum salary) while you kept repeating but almost no one paid them. That is the point dummy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/opinion/ocasio-cortez-taxes.amp.html US media fawned over R Bregman. He shouldve known @bbcthisweek doesnt do fawning. We asked some pertinent questions. He didnt know answers. Embarrassed hes now lashing out. Ho hum. But for man whos made his name with taxes taxes taxes his knowledge of taxes seems thin. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/opinion/ocasio-cortez-taxes.amp.html US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109094593591721985)  2019-03-22T14:08Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"The biggest waste of our time is the waste of talent. So many smart people working as bankers corporate lawyers marketeers etc. while they could work on climate change space travel the cure for cancer you name it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1109917271315615745)  2019-03-24T20:37Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Me: My book is a NYT bestseller Friend: Now you gotta pay TAXES TAXES TAXES Me: Thats not communism thats common sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1111261876065845248)  2019-03-28T13:40Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This is exactly what I said to @TuckerCarlson on his own show. That he's a millionaire funded by billionaires to distract the American people from the real issues. And what did Tucker do He censored the interview"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1113523040153944065)  2019-04-03T19:25Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Why higher taxes on the rich can actually be good for the economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1121015156572602373)  2019-04-24T11:36Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"People keep misrepresenting my position on philanthropy. I'm *not* against it. If youre a billionaire and want to do good that's great. Tell me all about your wonderful plans. But pay πŸ‘ your πŸ‘ taxes πŸ‘ first πŸ‘. Philanthropy is at a turning point. Here are [--] ways it could go https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr #business #economics https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr https://t.co/b08cxpiJLS Philanthropy is at a turning point. Here are [--] ways it could go https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr #business #economics https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr https://t.co/b08cxpiJLS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1123952916774174722)  2019-05-02T14:10Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"- @aoc is often described as 'radical' but her views are close to the median for her generation. - [--] years from now Gen Z and Millennials will make up a majority of the American voting-age population. - 'Radical' is the future. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/coming-generation-war/588670/utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=newsstand-ideas https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/coming-generation-war/588670/utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=newsstand-ideas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1126477496029995011)  2019-05-09T13:22Z 370.1K followers, 10.6K engagements


"The Guardian updates its style guide to the reality of climate change climate breakdown setting an excellent example for media around the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1129336132695674881)  2019-05-17T10:41Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"1/ So often we think that big problems require complex solutions. This is what I call the complexity bias. People who suffer from this bias have become so educated that they dont see the most obvious and effective solutions anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1135868126371991552)  2019-06-04T11:17Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"People like @GretaThunberg and @AOC are often dismissed as radical or out of touch. But the reality is: their radicalism is the future. While the planet is heating up it's the so-called 'moderates' who are out of touch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1137763534442500096)  2019-06-09T16:48Z 370K followers, 40.5K engagements


"1. Philanthropists who believe their fancy educational programs are going to fix the world are wrong. If you're really so concerned for the poor then pay your employees a living wage. And pay your taxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1138134454537523207)  2019-06-10T17:22Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"By the way the biggest waste of our time is the waste of talent. Many bankers are way too smart to be working on Wall Street. Many coders are way too smart to be working for Uber or Amazon. They should be solving climate change poverty disease etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1138140965288448001)  2019-06-10T17:48Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"So the Fed released a new report: - Top [--] % have gotten $21 trillion richer since [----]. - The bottom 50% have gotten $900 billion poorer. The real extremists are those who say American capitalism is working just fine. (h/t @MattBruenig) http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-fed-just-released-a-damning-indictment-of-capitalism.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-fed-just-released-a-damning-indictment-of-capitalism.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1140676434496753664)  2019-06-17T17:43Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"1/ Okay so maybe this is my crazy socialist European perspective but hear me out. I cant get over this bizarre phenomenon where American podcast hosts - serious thinkers and writers - read out ads as if they really love the product theyre being paid to promote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1153759232631721987)  2019-07-23T20:10Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"What a stunning graph. Growth in health care administrators vs. growth in health care providers in the US. Health care for everyone is not 'too expensive' the current system is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1164508727438970880)  2019-08-22T12:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This year's winner of the Nobel Prize for economics: You dont boost growth by cutting taxes for the rich you do that by giving money to people." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/taxing-the-rich-to-fund-welfare-is-nobel-winner-s-growth-mantracmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-economics&utm_content=economics&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1209514580826869760)  2019-12-24T16:42Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"For some reason I haven't been invited to Davos this year. Was it something I said πŸ€”"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1219243181335691266)  2020-01-20T13:00Z 370.1K followers, 100.3K engagements


"A couple of people have asked me who I would vote for in the Democratic primaries if I could. Now obviously Im not an American citizen. But the US presidency is a rather powerful institution so I think Im allowed to have an opinion πŸ™ƒ /1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1220351246088929280)  2020-01-23T14:23Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Heres who I would vote for: Bernie Sanders. /2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1220351247678611458)  2020-01-23T14:23Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Thank you @AndrewYang for your vision and for your hugely impressive and inspiring campaign. No one in living memory has done as much to spread the idea of a universal basic income and a world without poverty. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/opinions/thanks-andrew-yang-yang/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/opinions/thanks-andrew-yang-yang/index.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1227485619909210112)  2020-02-12T06:52Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"If there was ever a time to give people a basic income no strings attached this is it. After the financial crash of [----] we had a bail out for the banks. Now we need a bail out for the people especially the poor. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-and-the-risk-to-the-homeless https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-and-the-risk-to-the-homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1238248027988557827)  2020-03-12T23:38Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A crisis can be a switching point for societies. Let the neoliberal age of excessive individualism and competition come to an end and let's inaugurate a new age of solidarity and connection. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1238855914893033479)  2020-03-14T15:54Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I keep thinking of this Milton Friedman quote: 'Only a crisis actual or perceived produces real change. When that crisis occurs the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. (.) the politically impossible becomes politically inevitable.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1242440054729048068)  2020-03-24T13:16Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Wow Financial Times editorial today. 'Radical reforms reversing the policy direction of the last four decades will need to be put on the table. (.) Policies until recently considered eccentric such as basic income and wealth taxes will have to be in the mix.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1246371782698905600)  2020-04-04T09:39Z 370K followers, 16.6K engagements


"Bernie Sanders lost the battle for the presidency. He won the battle of ideas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1247920978149203973)  2020-04-08T16:15Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Wow after the Financial Times editorial now this. The pope endorses universal basic income. https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/04/12/pope-just-proposed-universal-basic-income-united-states-ready-it https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/04/12/pope-just-proposed-universal-basic-income-united-states-ready-it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1249359372192546816)  2020-04-12T15:31Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Yesterday results of the first nationwide basic income experiment ever came in: - Greater wellbeing βœ… - Greater feelings of autonomyβœ… - More financial security βœ… - More confidence in the future. βœ… Meanwhile: - No negative effect on employment (actually mild positive βœ…)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1258336749828419584)  2020-05-07T10:03Z 370.1K followers, 12.7K engagements


"Do you dislike selfish millionaires who employ armies of lawyers to avoid paying their fair share in taxes while they benefited from public education roads healthcare etc. and play for clubs that get millions in government subsidies Dont know about you but I do @Ryanbabel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1258757661958590466)  2020-05-08T13:56Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for [--] months Adapted from my new book HUMANKIND -- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1259070635575296000)  2020-05-09T10:40Z 370K followers, 10.1K engagements


"Getting bombarbed with emails from producers and directors inquiring about the film rights of this story. I'm so glad the 'boys' from The Real Lord of the Flies are finally after [--] years getting the attention they deserve. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1259220368163852289)  2020-05-09T20:35Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Wow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after [--] years - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /1 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1259428196501594113)  2020-05-10T10:20Z 370.1K followers, 24.1K engagements


"And no this is not because bicycles have been popular in The Netherlands since forever or because the country is flat or anything like that but because we *chose* the bicycle. Result of tough political battles in the 70s. Other countries could make the same choice today. Bicycle path density. https://t.co/bHktWYXZQB Bicycle path density. https://t.co/bHktWYXZQB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1272491511859474432)  2020-06-15T11:29Z 370K followers, 12.3K engagements


"WOOOW. A Canadian research project gave homeless people $7500 each the results were 'beautifully surprising'. Turns out: basic income for the homeless pays for itself. It's free money because 'the project saved the shelter system $8100 per person'. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1314214046560739328)  2020-10-08T14:40Z 370K followers, 56.1K engagements


"The only strike of bankers that I know of happened in Ireland [----]. Lasted for [--] months. Economy just kept growing people didn't really notice. Biden: If every investment banker in New York went on strike nothing would much change in America. If every plumber decided to stop working every electrician the country comes to a halt. I mean literally not figuratively literally it comes to a damn halt." https://t.co/aI09Xl11NP Biden: If every investment banker in New York went on strike nothing would much change in America. If every plumber decided to stop working every electrician the country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1315233758988042242)  2020-10-11T10:12Z 370K followers, [----] engagements


"Maybe this is just my timeline but why aren't American progressives dancing in the streets The child tax credit in the Rescue Plan is a basic income for children. It'll cut child poverty in half. IN HALF The word 'historic' is overused but this seems very very historic to me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1369314575011749894)  2021-03-09T15:50Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Royal Dutch Shell loses landmark case here in the Netherlands. Judge says the company has a legal responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions. First time in history an oil company has been held liable for climate change. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-26/shell-loses-climate-case-that-may-set-precedent-for-oil-industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-26/shell-loses-climate-case-that-may-set-precedent-for-oil-industry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1397554098355032065)  2021-05-26T14:03Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland. Shorter hours same pay same or even improved productivity smaller carbon footprint. ➑This should be the future of work. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1412365480392904704)  2021-07-06T10:59Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The question rich people often ask me about the risk of a basic income: who will do all the dirty jobs Who will clean my house and collect my garbage Uhm well lets see maybe youll have to pay those essential workers much more and maybe thats exactly the point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1462767477033779204)  2021-11-22T12:58Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Short 🧡 on my feelings of deep unease about the current atmosphere and the dizzying speed with which radical conclusions are being drawn. People who couldnt find Ukraine on a map a week ago are calling for a no fly-zone. 1/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1498673316315467795)  2022-03-01T14:55Z 370.1K followers, 14.9K engagements


"Becoming increasingly convinced that degrowth is the worst thing to have happened to the left in years. It's a terrible slogan. And small isn't beautiful. We need abundant clean energy housing healthcare education. Progress and plenty should be our rallying cry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1640688640517984256)  2023-03-28T12:13Z 370.1K followers, 943.7K engagements


"Another milestone. In May wind and solar produced more electricity in the EU than fossil fuels for the first time. 'Europes electricity transition has hit hyperdrive. Clean power keeps smashing record after record.' https://ember-climate.org/press-releases/wind-and-solar-overtake-fossil-generation-in-the-eu/ref=futurecrunch.com https://ember-climate.org/press-releases/wind-and-solar-overtake-fossil-generation-in-the-eu/ref=futurecrunch.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1667799895963582464)  2023-06-11T07:44Z 370.1K followers, 792.1K engagements


"This is simply an extraordinary study. Researchers gave $7500 (CAD) to homeless people in Vancouver. The result The program *saved* money. It helped many of them to move into housing faster which saved the shelter system $8277 per person. πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1699406128902447476)  2023-09-06T12:56Z 370K followers, 5.3M engagements


"Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1786331219715616890)  2024-05-03T09:45Z 370.1K followers, 1M engagements


"For the first time in history billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans. Its time to tax those billionaires. And no thats not communism thats common sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1792253301007761450)  2024-05-19T17:57Z 370.1K followers, 399.3K engagements


"We have to talk about age: Donald Trump is too old to serve as President. He rambles. He keeps forgetting names. His vocabulary is in decline. He has trouble finishing sentences. Many experts think he's demented. Clearly unfit to serve as commander-in-chief"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815109101824671789)  2024-07-21T19:38Z 370K followers, 362.4K engagements


"Give poor people $1000 every month for three years. No strings attached. What will they spend the money on Huge and rigorous study finds that the biggest increase is in Supporting Others: helping family and friends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815460327804596280)  2024-07-22T18:54Z 370K followers, 321.4K engagements


"Devastating review of the degrowth literature (561 studies): -- 'few studies use quantitative or qualitative data.' -- those that do 'tend to include small samples or focus on non-representative cases' --'large majority (almost 90%) are opinions rather than analysis'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1831227421896356126)  2024-09-04T07:06Z 370K followers, 1.4M engagements


"This is Margrethe Vestager Europe's 'tax lady' (as Donald Trump called her). Today she won a huge victory in the fight against Apple's massive tax avoidance. We need more awesome tax ladies like her. short 🧡 --"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1833473791713738986)  2024-09-10T11:53Z 370K followers, 179.1K engagements


"Wonderful news from France The National Assembly has voted to advance a billionaire's tax116 in favor [--] against. The tax enjoys huge public support with 75% of the French backing it. Similar levels of support are seen in polls across other countries including the U.S. Aprs le vote de limpt minimum sur les grandes fortunes hier lAssemble nationale en premire lecture ladoption dfinitive est possible Car mme si le chemin est escarp le vote d'hier est rvlateur dune quation foncirement favorable 🧡 Aprs le vote de limpt minimum sur les grandes fortunes hier lAssemble nationale en premire lecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1892979195283755438)  2025-02-21T16:46Z 370.1K followers, 323.7K engagements


"We knew it but seeing the data laid out it's still shocking: higher taxes for most deep cuts to Medicaid & SNAPall to fund tax breaks for the top 1%. It's difficult to fully grasp the scale of the con being perpetrated on Americans right now by the Trump administration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1894614358149222845)  2025-02-26T05:03Z 370.1K followers, 1.8M engagements


"Dutch public television on Trump Vance Zelensky and "Have you even said 'thank you'" Excellent summary of the current geopolitical situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1897438699874365935)  2025-03-06T00:06Z 370.1K followers, 641.3K engagements


"A U.S. government plan is being enacted right now to surveil silence and deport people who speak out for Palestinian rights. Its called Project Esther and it makes cancel culture look like childs play. Free speech defenders where are you 🧡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1924177260531097984)  2025-05-18T18:56Z 370.1K followers, 381.1K engagements


"Absolutely incredible footage from today the biggest protest of the 21st century in The Netherlands. [------] people in The Hague to protest against the genocide in Palestine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1934414913033633830)  2025-06-16T00:57Z 370.1K followers, 1.7M engagements


"96 private jets full of corrupt elites and celebs flying into Venice a city destroyed by tourism to celebrate the wedding of the worlds most shameless tax dodger: Jeff Bezos. Well it's the perfect anecdote for future historians writing about this Second Gilded Age -- 🧡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1938440730990506088)  2025-06-27T03:34Z 370.1K followers, 936.8K engagements


"This landmark study in The Lancet should be etched on @elonmusk's gravestone: Dismantling USAID is projected to cause [--] million deaths between [----] and [----] thats more than [---] million lives lost every year. Thats as many lives lost as in World War I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1940452965657317519)  2025-07-02T16:50Z 370.1K followers, 243.7K engagements


"Major new study finds that 4-day workweek (with no reduction in pay) leads to: -- higher productivity -- more revenue -- Less stress fewer feelings of burnout and improved overall health and well-being"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1949093019602342154)  2025-07-26T13:02Z 370.1K followers, 200.8K engagements


"So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income the 15-hour workweek and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6547753/Jerry-Hall-62-hits-Barbados-beach-chic-halterneck-swimsuit.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6547753/Jerry-Hall-62-hits-Barbados-beach-chic-halterneck-swimsuit.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1080506555920011264)  2019-01-02T16:50Z 370.1K followers, 14.6K engagements


"Heres the long version of what I tried to make clear in Davos. Most wealth is not created at the top but merely devoured there. #wef19 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/wealth-banks-google-facebook-society-economy-parasites https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/wealth-banks-google-facebook-society-economy-parasites"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1089553562777071617)  2019-01-27T15:59Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"So @TuckerCarlson just called me a fucking moron during a prerecord for his show for pointing out that hes a millionaire funded by billionaires. Lets see if theyll air it. Did they get it on audio Fuck fuck fuck we heard them say here. (Yes we did.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1095123770908528640)  2019-02-12T00:53Z 370.1K followers, 21.8K engagements


"67% of Americans support paid maternity leave. 70% want Medicare for all. 75% is in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy. I know this is hard to take in especially if you work for a propaganda channel but this is not about left vs right. Its about plutocracy vs democracy. .@seanhannity: "Democrats Want Radical New Extreme Socialist Ideas" via @foxnation https://t.co/p96wA3qN95 .@seanhannity: "Democrats Want Radical New Extreme Socialist Ideas" via @foxnation https://t.co/p96wA3qN95"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1103743870322597889)  2019-03-07T19:46Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"You know you're winning @AOC when this is the best they can come up with. Every Tucker meltdown is the sweet sound of history moving in the right direction. On his show last night @TuckerCarlson called @AOC "a moron." ". And nasty and more self righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access." https://t.co/I71eBBRDKh On his show last night @TuckerCarlson called @AOC "a moron." ". And nasty and more self righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access." https://t.co/I71eBBRDKh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1113402168109826048)  2019-04-03T11:25Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"To most people in developed countries even for conservatives it's bewildering that common sense policies like Medicare for All are seen as 'radical' or 'socialist' in the US. Caring for the sick and the old is not left or right. It's civilization. Reminder of what people are calling the radical extreme-left agenda: βœ… Medicare for All βœ… A Living Wage & Labor Rights βœ… K-16 schooling aka Public Colleges βœ… 100% Renewable Energy βœ… Fixing the pipes in Flint βœ… Not Hurting Immigrants βœ… Holding Wall Street Accountable Reminder of what people are calling the radical extreme-left agenda: βœ… Medicare for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1151951740561973252)  2019-07-18T20:27Z 370.1K followers, 10.3K engagements


"The Netherlands: one of the worst tax havens in the world stealing billions in revenue from other countries and now our government in this historic crisis denies eurobonds and financial assistance to Italy and Spain. @#($*&#% this is shameful. https://www.ft.com/content/c3e4db7e-c45a-4113-9bf6-d5d5580fa0ba https://www.ft.com/content/c3e4db7e-c45a-4113-9bf6-d5d5580fa0ba"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1243534237170573313)  2020-03-27T13:44Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Or like @robertwiblin said: 'If what you do gets three billion people killed it doesn't matter that the cause you were fighting for was just.' It almost seems as if we've forgotten nuclear weapons still exist. Even a small chance of nuclear conflict is completely terrifying. 8/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1498673331352088580)  2022-03-01T14:55Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Three of the most terrifying graphs on the internet right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1668323521045331976)  2023-06-12T18:24Z 370.1K followers, 2.4M engagements


"It's funny how both degrowthers nuclear bros climate doomers and climate deniers manage to ignore a technological revolution taking place before their eyes. The rise and rise and rise of solar energy --"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1700251672583573922)  2023-09-08T20:56Z 370.1K followers, 642.1K engagements


"So I hear Tucker Carlson arguably the greatest hypocrite on the planet is trying to make his comeback. Perhaps a good time to re-up this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1816843171533390164)  2024-07-26T14:29Z 370.1K followers, 489.1K engagements


"WOW a massive win in the fight against Apple's enormous tax avoidance. For years the company's effective tax rate on European profits was less than [--] percent. Turns out: that was illegal. $14 billion tax bill coming in. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1833424128050696490)  2024-09-10T08:35Z 370.1K followers, 169.3K engagements


"How Americans responded in [----] when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1868015427332255863)  2024-12-14T19:29Z 370.1K followers, 1.8M engagements


"Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the worlds leading genocide scholars including renowned Holocaust experts describe Israels actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them nearly all of their peers agree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1922815404381974972)  2025-05-15T00:44Z 370.1K followers, 2M engagements


"1. Last night I was invited to be on the BBC show This Week. I thought that Davos was a bewildering experience but this beat everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109002110455214080)  2019-03-22T08:01Z 370.1K followers, 20K engagements


"11. And to clarify - I think my politics are quite different from those of @novaramedia. I'm not a fan of Corbyn absolutely don't identify as a 'communist' (trying to save capitalism instead.) etc. But they actually read the book can't say that of many other UK journalists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1109016691386843137)  2019-03-22T08:59Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

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Social Influence

Social category influence finance 17.07% countries 8.13% technology brands #4083 stocks 4.88% celebrities 3.25% cryptocurrencies 1.63% travel destinations 1.63% formula 1 0.81% fashion brands 0.81%

Social topic influence in the 13.82%, the world 4.88%, history 4.88%, ai #1241, netherlands 4.88%, future 4.88%, the most 4.07%, the first 4.07%, money 4.07%, countries 4.07%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @iamreddave @watcher19590528 @ponquecitos @legeretacite @markhenick @tuckercarlson @beagewill @aoc @commannand @adamheimlich @declercq @petecodes @bbcthisweek @novaramedia @redbedhead @jaredsthumbs @flxia_ @joyfulsisyphean @bartjehoel @rlarno

Top assets mentioned Spotify Technology (SPOT) Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER) 2131KOBUSHIDE (21)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The best conspiracies are the ones that change the world. In [----] a British group called the Fabian Society plotted to bring us the 8-hour workday and votes for women. In [----] a handful of intellectuals met in a Swiss village to roll back the state and unleash business (they called themselves 'neoliberals'. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020845198335463658 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020845198335463658"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:00Z 370.1K followers, 53.1K engagements

"The best conspiracies are the ones that change the world. In [----] a British group called the Fabian Society plotted to bring us the 8-hour workday and votes for women. In [----] a handful of intellectuals met in a Swiss village to roll back the state and unleash business (they called themselves 'neoliberals'"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"I wish I didnt have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as the most openly corrupt president in American history. /1"
X Link 2025-11-25T09:12Z 369.9K followers, 1.2M engagements

"ICE's $100M ad campaign is using the same playbook as the Gestapo & Stasi. The goal To make repression sound reasonable and patriotic"
X Link 2026-01-29T14:15Z 369.8K followers, 77.4K engagements

"(Nope it's not satire: https://marchforbillionaires.org/ https://marchforbillionaires.org/"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:24Z 369.8K followers, 11K engagements

"Whenever European billionaires threaten to leave Europe for the US feel free to remind them that they'll actually pay more income tax over there πŸ‘"
X Link 2026-02-03T11:13Z 369.8K followers, 50.8K engagements

"Oh but these poor unicorns they're so illiquid they really can't pay And taxing them even a tiny bit will cause all the wealth creators to leavezero innovation mass poverty Surely only a crazy French economist could think we can tax them at all Palantir reported $1.5 billion in losses from 2020-2024. That allowed them to pay $0 in federal income taxes. So how did they spend $64 million on stock buybacks and pay their CEO $3.3 billion over roughly the same period This tax code is a complete joke. Palantir reported $1.5 billion in losses from 2020-2024. That allowed them to pay $0 in federal"
X Link 2026-02-04T11:41Z 369.9K followers, 113.7K engagements

"Here are the facts: OpenAI's president gave $25 million to MAGA Inc the biggest tech donation of the cycle. Their technology is being used by ICE. And they're vulnerable (down 20% market share this year and burning through cash)"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:14Z 369.8K followers, 13.4K engagements

"Summary: the people building AI don't know how to make it safe the safety evaluators can't keep up with capability advances there's no effective coordination on AI safety whatsoever and no one knows how to fix any of this. It's time to unleash the Luddites. My bio says I work on AGI preparedness so I want to clarify: We are not prepared. Over the last year dangerous capability evaluations have moved into a state where it's difficult to find any Q&A benchmark that models don't saturate. Work has had to shift toward measures that My bio says I work on AGI preparedness so I want to clarify: We"
X Link 2026-02-06T08:26Z 369.9K followers, 65K engagements

"Totally fascinating piece. In the Netherlands major players like the Dutch Grand Prix and Shell are already serving hybrid meat: burgers and pastries made with roughly 50% meat and 50% plant-based ingredients (often seaweed) Without telling customers. And nobody noticed"
X Link 2025-12-10T08:27Z 369.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Just before Trumps re-election I attended a private tech conference in Silicon Valley. Over dinner the conversation was dominated by a tech bro who spoke in ways that reminded me of 1930s fascists like Mussolini. I pointed this out to him and he replied without irony: Yeah I think we should get a little fascy. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019765635329163327 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019765635329163327"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:30Z 370.1K followers, 175.3K engagements

"From this extraordinary piece: 'Last summer while Mark Zuckerberg was conducting hiring raids on other labs Sholto Douglas the Anthropic engineer told me that a number of his colleagues couldve taken a fifty-million-dollar paycheck but the vast majority of them hadnt even bothered to respond.' https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022243404613029901 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022243404613029901"
X Link 2026-02-13T09:36Z 370.1K followers, 178.2K engagements

"The Greater Awokening"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:32Z 370.1K followers, 420.5K engagements

"Noah Smith [--] years ago on AI: 'It's just a chatbot dude.' Noah Smith now: 'You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth.' (Not sharing this to dunk on @Noahpinion - he's one of my favorite bloggers and I shared his skepticism - but to highlight how fast everything is changing.) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022258333479006586 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022258333479006586"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:35Z 370.1K followers, 76.3K engagements

"@declercq Claude Code"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:58Z 370.1K followers, [---] engagements

"Europe loves to lecture the world about values but morals without power is just vibes. We regulate AI we dont build sell handbags instead of hardware and rely on others for our security and energy. If we really believe in liberal democracy wed better be willing to back it up"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:17Z 370K followers, 46.6K engagements

"@davidsirota Totally agree about [--] and [--] less concerned about [--] (or at least: I think that is a small worry compared to the much bigger risks). My post is about people dismissing the power of the technology - seeing that a lot on the left. Wishful thinking perhaps"
X Link 2026-02-12T09:26Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

""Gaza Beach 2030". Peter de Wit wins the annual award for the best political cartoon in the Netherlands"
X Link 2025-09-23T20:14Z 370.1K followers, 2.5M engagements

"Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture that Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history. You can hear how carefully theyre forced to tiptoe around it. So so chilling"
X Link 2025-11-27T11:44Z 370.1K followers, 90.1K engagements

"It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty Anyway here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance πŸ’°"
X Link 2026-01-19T13:00Z 370.1K followers, 1.2M engagements

"Riveting extraordinary and brutally honest speech by Mark Carney Canada's prime minister. God I wish we would have European leaders like this. Here's an excerpt: In [----] the Czech dissident Vclav Havel later president wrote an essay called The Power of the Powerless and in it he asked a simple question: how did the communist system sustain itself And his answer began with a greengrocer. Every morning the shopkeeper places a sign in his window: Workers of the world unite. He doesnt believe in it. No one does. But he places the sign anyway to avoid trouble to signal compliance to get along. And"
X Link 2026-01-20T21:08Z 370.1K followers, 433.7K engagements

"Sometimes you get a few minutes on live TV with a billionaire. I tried to make them count πŸ˜…"
X Link 2026-01-21T16:01Z 370.1K followers, 553.5K engagements

"One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:14Z 370.1K followers, 319.3K engagements

"I'm increasingly annoyed by how many journalists academics and large parts of the left get everything wrong about AI. So many smug dismissals from people who clearly don't use it (much) or don't know how. I have multiple wtf-moments every week now. For example: was about to get a $100 teleprompter app with voice-recognition yesterday. But had a last minute thought: 'hm let's ask Claude Code'. For context: I've never written a line of code in my life. But I was able to give Claude two rambling prompts [--] minutes later: it works better than the fancy $100 software with 'Patented VoiceTrack"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:28Z 370.1K followers, 218.7K engagements

"2) In [----] he wrote you'd need teams of human engineers to make AI do anything beyond conversation. Now he's describing AI agents that autonomously write software with the best developers at Spotify and other companies no longer writing code"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:35Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"For people who are still underwhelmed by AI: I was about to buy a $100 teleprompter app but decided to vibe-code one in [--] prompts. Asked Claude to make a website for it as well. (For context: I'm a historian never coded a line in my whole life)"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:21Z 370.1K followers, 51.9K engagements

"I increasingly think the Democrats need an insurgent economic populist to take over the way Trump took over the Republican party. Here's a possible candidate: Erica Payne CEO of @PatrioticMills. I've rarely seen someone fight for working people with this much fire and authenticity. Put a social media team like Mamdani's around her and I'd be VERY curious to see what would happen. This is her recently at the IMF. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022295945048957377 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022295945048957377"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:05Z 370.1K followers, 119.5K engagements

"@markhenick Think so Arrow keys nudge word by word Page Up/Down jump by sentence otherwise easy to add the feature. I personally much prefer voice control"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:33Z 370.1K followers, [---] engagements

"@markhenick I'm at my Claude limit now haha but will try to add the feature later ;)"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:05Z 370.1K followers, [--] engagements

"@_everythingism Hmm not my experience used it for long scripts already"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:06Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"@petecodes I really did not 'make' this. I asked Claude to make it"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:57Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Who's more immoral Marketer at Philip Morris Developer at Meta or xAI Marketer at Philip Morris Developer at Meta or xAI"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:19Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"This is fake news. The new law says no taxing of unrealized gains of startups and real estate. A parliamentary majority wants a future cabinet to consider variants in which all unrealized capital gains remain exempt from taxation. Plus it's supposed to start in [----] (an eternity away in Dutch politics) and still has to pass the First Chamber. News from crypto boosters is usually not very reliable. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022403193959797158 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022403193959797158"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:11Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"3/ Years ago when he was asked a similar question Chomsky replied: Im sure you believe everything youre saying. But what Im saying is that if you believe something different you wouldnt be sitting where youre sitting"
X Link 2019-02-20T18:09Z 370K followers, 22.3K engagements

"If anyone wonders who funds my work that's The Correspondent. A grassroots reader-funded platform for investigative journalism. Will start publishing in English in September of this year. @The_Corres https://thecorrespondent.com You are a millionaire funded by billionaires thats what you are. Youre part of the problem historian Rutger Bregman can be heard saying of Tucker Carlson in a NowThis video. https://t.co/M7Flhb4z3A https://thecorrespondent.com You are a millionaire funded by billionaires thats what you are. Youre part of the problem historian Rutger Bregman can be heard saying of"
X Link 2019-02-20T22:38Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Maybe Rupert could give his copy of my book to Tucker now Im sure hell love it as well. So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income the 15-hour workweek and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it. https://t.co/OPxTBXHO5D https://t.co/pFFVrczgjz So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income the 15-hour workweek and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it. https://t.co/OPxTBXHO5D https://t.co/pFFVrczgjz"
X Link 2019-02-21T16:06Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Another fact that @TuckerCarlson and other Fox News pundits just cant handle: vast majority of Americans including Republicans is in favor of common sense policies like Medicare-for-all universal child care etc. Tucker Carlson says government sponsored daycare is a nefarious Democratic plot to increase immigration https://t.co/BE3R5Qcur2 Tucker Carlson says government sponsored daycare is a nefarious Democratic plot to increase immigration https://t.co/BE3R5Qcur2"
X Link 2019-02-22T12:57Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Taxes taxes taxes stupid. Pelosi on Medicare for all plan: "How do you pay for that" https://t.co/jSOHqMPn9h https://t.co/0RKje93ffq Pelosi on Medicare for all plan: "How do you pay for that" https://t.co/jSOHqMPn9h https://t.co/0RKje93ffq"
X Link 2019-02-28T21:20Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

""Anyone who disagrees with my views is welcome to come on and explain why" Just make sure to make your own recording. https://t.co/rZdchBXrG2 https://t.co/rZdchBXrG2"
X Link 2019-03-11T03:14Z 370.1K followers, 22.5K engagements

"A millionaire funded by billionaires or in his own words [---] percent his bitch. Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch in [----] radio segment: Im [---] percent his bitch https://t.co/S7T01yDqnq by @aidachavez Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch in [----] radio segment: Im [---] percent his bitch https://t.co/S7T01yDqnq by @aidachavez"
X Link 2019-03-12T22:38Z 370.1K followers, 10.8K engagements

"1. So I was on the Jeremy Vine (BBC) show today. They had me debate this think tank guy Mark Littlewood from the 'Institute of Economic Affairs'. Sounds very prestigious eh"
X Link 2019-03-19T18:14Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"3. The weird thing was that he was introduced as some kind of neutral expert. I had to point out that hes in fact a corporate lobbyist who takes money from Big Tobacco climate deniers etc. and sees Brexit as an opportunity to make Britain a paradise for billionaires"
X Link 2019-03-19T18:15Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"4. Actually this Institute of Economic Affairs just received an official warning from the Charity Commission because they use taxfree donations to spread their libertarian propaganda. Which is illegal in the UK"
X Link 2019-03-19T18:16Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"5. Makes you wonder: why do these people even get airtime Good news is that they seem like a relic of the past. The things he was saying may have been radical in the seventies. Now its just BO-RING"
X Link 2019-03-19T18:17Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"So I was on @bbcthisweek tonight. What a bizarre experience. Three dinosaurs teaming up on me changing the subject every [--] seconds saying inequality hasn't gone up since Thatcher. As they say in academia: 'Science advances one funeral at a time.' The show stops in July. The sight of [--] old dudes on live television just being smugly defensive when a younger person is trying to get them to think a bit differently about politics is hilariously depressing #bbctw The sight of [--] old dudes on live television just being smugly defensive when a younger person is trying to get them to think a bit"
X Link 2019-03-22T00:47Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"6. The show starts. They play the badly edited video after which three right-wing dinosaurs - two of them politicians from the Stone Age - start teaming up on you. Clearly not one of them has read a page of your book"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"7. They make up facts about inequality (hasnt grown) and the economy (never been better). They change the subject every [--] seconds. They hardly let you finish a sentence. Then its over"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"8. This was the worst experience Ive had with UK media but after quite a few interviews in different countries I think I can say that on average British journalists are the least curious of all. So often being critical is just a pose"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:05Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"9. Many are not really engaging with the questions. For example compare this interview I did with the genuinely curious Trevor Noah in the U.S with this interview on BBC Newsnight https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=1948640975365363 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hNalEtaaBE4 https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=1948640975365363 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hNalEtaaBE4"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:06Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"10. The good news: there are new media in the UK filling the gap. Smartest questions (and best criticisms) I got this week were from Aaron Bastani of @novaramedia - a tiny startup with really smart young journalists. the end https://www.youtube.com/watchv=PSzhg0bJnLo&t=527s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=PSzhg0bJnLo&t=527s"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:09Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Uh I tried to explain three times how high top marginal tax rates actually work (as a maximum salary) while you kept repeating but almost no one paid them. That is the point dummy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/opinion/ocasio-cortez-taxes.amp.html US media fawned over R Bregman. He shouldve known @bbcthisweek doesnt do fawning. We asked some pertinent questions. He didnt know answers. Embarrassed hes now lashing out. Ho hum. But for man whos made his name with taxes taxes taxes his knowledge of taxes seems thin. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/opinion/ocasio-cortez-taxes.amp.html US"
X Link 2019-03-22T14:08Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"The biggest waste of our time is the waste of talent. So many smart people working as bankers corporate lawyers marketeers etc. while they could work on climate change space travel the cure for cancer you name it"
X Link 2019-03-24T20:37Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Me: My book is a NYT bestseller Friend: Now you gotta pay TAXES TAXES TAXES Me: Thats not communism thats common sense"
X Link 2019-03-28T13:40Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"This is exactly what I said to @TuckerCarlson on his own show. That he's a millionaire funded by billionaires to distract the American people from the real issues. And what did Tucker do He censored the interview"
X Link 2019-04-03T19:25Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Why higher taxes on the rich can actually be good for the economy"
X Link 2019-04-24T11:36Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"People keep misrepresenting my position on philanthropy. I'm not against it. If youre a billionaire and want to do good that's great. Tell me all about your wonderful plans. But pay πŸ‘ your πŸ‘ taxes πŸ‘ first πŸ‘. Philanthropy is at a turning point. Here are [--] ways it could go https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr #business #economics https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr https://t.co/b08cxpiJLS Philanthropy is at a turning point. Here are [--] ways it could go https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr #business #economics https://t.co/mcR8yfqGhr https://t.co/b08cxpiJLS"
X Link 2019-05-02T14:10Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"- @aoc is often described as 'radical' but her views are close to the median for her generation. - [--] years from now Gen Z and Millennials will make up a majority of the American voting-age population. - 'Radical' is the future. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/coming-generation-war/588670/utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=newsstand-ideas https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/coming-generation-war/588670/utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=newsstand-ideas"
X Link 2019-05-09T13:22Z 370.1K followers, 10.6K engagements

"The Guardian updates its style guide to the reality of climate change climate breakdown setting an excellent example for media around the world"
X Link 2019-05-17T10:41Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"1/ So often we think that big problems require complex solutions. This is what I call the complexity bias. People who suffer from this bias have become so educated that they dont see the most obvious and effective solutions anymore"
X Link 2019-06-04T11:17Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"People like @GretaThunberg and @AOC are often dismissed as radical or out of touch. But the reality is: their radicalism is the future. While the planet is heating up it's the so-called 'moderates' who are out of touch"
X Link 2019-06-09T16:48Z 370K followers, 40.5K engagements

"1. Philanthropists who believe their fancy educational programs are going to fix the world are wrong. If you're really so concerned for the poor then pay your employees a living wage. And pay your taxes"
X Link 2019-06-10T17:22Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"By the way the biggest waste of our time is the waste of talent. Many bankers are way too smart to be working on Wall Street. Many coders are way too smart to be working for Uber or Amazon. They should be solving climate change poverty disease etc"
X Link 2019-06-10T17:48Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"So the Fed released a new report: - Top [--] % have gotten $21 trillion richer since [----]. - The bottom 50% have gotten $900 billion poorer. The real extremists are those who say American capitalism is working just fine. (h/t @MattBruenig) http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-fed-just-released-a-damning-indictment-of-capitalism.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/the-fed-just-released-a-damning-indictment-of-capitalism.html"
X Link 2019-06-17T17:43Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"1/ Okay so maybe this is my crazy socialist European perspective but hear me out. I cant get over this bizarre phenomenon where American podcast hosts - serious thinkers and writers - read out ads as if they really love the product theyre being paid to promote"
X Link 2019-07-23T20:10Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"What a stunning graph. Growth in health care administrators vs. growth in health care providers in the US. Health care for everyone is not 'too expensive' the current system is"
X Link 2019-08-22T12:04Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"This year's winner of the Nobel Prize for economics: You dont boost growth by cutting taxes for the rich you do that by giving money to people." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/taxing-the-rich-to-fund-welfare-is-nobel-winner-s-growth-mantracmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-economics&utm_content=economics&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic"
X Link 2019-12-24T16:42Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"For some reason I haven't been invited to Davos this year. Was it something I said πŸ€”"
X Link 2020-01-20T13:00Z 370.1K followers, 100.3K engagements

"A couple of people have asked me who I would vote for in the Democratic primaries if I could. Now obviously Im not an American citizen. But the US presidency is a rather powerful institution so I think Im allowed to have an opinion πŸ™ƒ /1"
X Link 2020-01-23T14:23Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Heres who I would vote for: Bernie Sanders. /2"
X Link 2020-01-23T14:23Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Thank you @AndrewYang for your vision and for your hugely impressive and inspiring campaign. No one in living memory has done as much to spread the idea of a universal basic income and a world without poverty. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/opinions/thanks-andrew-yang-yang/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/opinions/thanks-andrew-yang-yang/index.html"
X Link 2020-02-12T06:52Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"If there was ever a time to give people a basic income no strings attached this is it. After the financial crash of [----] we had a bail out for the banks. Now we need a bail out for the people especially the poor. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-and-the-risk-to-the-homeless https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-and-the-risk-to-the-homeless"
X Link 2020-03-12T23:38Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"A crisis can be a switching point for societies. Let the neoliberal age of excessive individualism and competition come to an end and let's inaugurate a new age of solidarity and connection. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.html"
X Link 2020-03-14T15:54Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"I keep thinking of this Milton Friedman quote: 'Only a crisis actual or perceived produces real change. When that crisis occurs the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. (.) the politically impossible becomes politically inevitable.'"
X Link 2020-03-24T13:16Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Wow Financial Times editorial today. 'Radical reforms reversing the policy direction of the last four decades will need to be put on the table. (.) Policies until recently considered eccentric such as basic income and wealth taxes will have to be in the mix.'"
X Link 2020-04-04T09:39Z 370K followers, 16.6K engagements

"Bernie Sanders lost the battle for the presidency. He won the battle of ideas"
X Link 2020-04-08T16:15Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Wow after the Financial Times editorial now this. The pope endorses universal basic income. https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/04/12/pope-just-proposed-universal-basic-income-united-states-ready-it https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/04/12/pope-just-proposed-universal-basic-income-united-states-ready-it"
X Link 2020-04-12T15:31Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Yesterday results of the first nationwide basic income experiment ever came in: - Greater wellbeing βœ… - Greater feelings of autonomyβœ… - More financial security βœ… - More confidence in the future. βœ… Meanwhile: - No negative effect on employment (actually mild positive βœ…)"
X Link 2020-05-07T10:03Z 370.1K followers, 12.7K engagements

"Do you dislike selfish millionaires who employ armies of lawyers to avoid paying their fair share in taxes while they benefited from public education roads healthcare etc. and play for clubs that get millions in government subsidies Dont know about you but I do @Ryanbabel"
X Link 2020-05-08T13:56Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for [--] months Adapted from my new book HUMANKIND -- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months"
X Link 2020-05-09T10:40Z 370K followers, 10.1K engagements

"Getting bombarbed with emails from producers and directors inquiring about the film rights of this story. I'm so glad the 'boys' from The Real Lord of the Flies are finally after [--] years getting the attention they deserve. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months"
X Link 2020-05-09T20:35Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Wow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after [--] years - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /1 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months"
X Link 2020-05-10T10:20Z 370.1K followers, 24.1K engagements

"And no this is not because bicycles have been popular in The Netherlands since forever or because the country is flat or anything like that but because we chose the bicycle. Result of tough political battles in the 70s. Other countries could make the same choice today. Bicycle path density. https://t.co/bHktWYXZQB Bicycle path density. https://t.co/bHktWYXZQB"
X Link 2020-06-15T11:29Z 370K followers, 12.3K engagements

"WOOOW. A Canadian research project gave homeless people $7500 each the results were 'beautifully surprising'. Turns out: basic income for the homeless pays for itself. It's free money because 'the project saved the shelter system $8100 per person'. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714"
X Link 2020-10-08T14:40Z 370K followers, 56.1K engagements

"The only strike of bankers that I know of happened in Ireland [----]. Lasted for [--] months. Economy just kept growing people didn't really notice. Biden: If every investment banker in New York went on strike nothing would much change in America. If every plumber decided to stop working every electrician the country comes to a halt. I mean literally not figuratively literally it comes to a damn halt." https://t.co/aI09Xl11NP Biden: If every investment banker in New York went on strike nothing would much change in America. If every plumber decided to stop working every electrician the country"
X Link 2020-10-11T10:12Z 370K followers, [----] engagements

"Maybe this is just my timeline but why aren't American progressives dancing in the streets The child tax credit in the Rescue Plan is a basic income for children. It'll cut child poverty in half. IN HALF The word 'historic' is overused but this seems very very historic to me"
X Link 2021-03-09T15:50Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Royal Dutch Shell loses landmark case here in the Netherlands. Judge says the company has a legal responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions. First time in history an oil company has been held liable for climate change. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-26/shell-loses-climate-case-that-may-set-precedent-for-oil-industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-26/shell-loses-climate-case-that-may-set-precedent-for-oil-industry"
X Link 2021-05-26T14:03Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland. Shorter hours same pay same or even improved productivity smaller carbon footprint. ➑This should be the future of work. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779"
X Link 2021-07-06T10:59Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"The question rich people often ask me about the risk of a basic income: who will do all the dirty jobs Who will clean my house and collect my garbage Uhm well lets see maybe youll have to pay those essential workers much more and maybe thats exactly the point"
X Link 2021-11-22T12:58Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Short 🧡 on my feelings of deep unease about the current atmosphere and the dizzying speed with which radical conclusions are being drawn. People who couldnt find Ukraine on a map a week ago are calling for a no fly-zone. 1/9"
X Link 2022-03-01T14:55Z 370.1K followers, 14.9K engagements

"Becoming increasingly convinced that degrowth is the worst thing to have happened to the left in years. It's a terrible slogan. And small isn't beautiful. We need abundant clean energy housing healthcare education. Progress and plenty should be our rallying cry"
X Link 2023-03-28T12:13Z 370.1K followers, 943.7K engagements

"Another milestone. In May wind and solar produced more electricity in the EU than fossil fuels for the first time. 'Europes electricity transition has hit hyperdrive. Clean power keeps smashing record after record.' https://ember-climate.org/press-releases/wind-and-solar-overtake-fossil-generation-in-the-eu/ref=futurecrunch.com https://ember-climate.org/press-releases/wind-and-solar-overtake-fossil-generation-in-the-eu/ref=futurecrunch.com"
X Link 2023-06-11T07:44Z 370.1K followers, 792.1K engagements

"This is simply an extraordinary study. Researchers gave $7500 (CAD) to homeless people in Vancouver. The result The program saved money. It helped many of them to move into housing faster which saved the shelter system $8277 per person. πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡"
X Link 2023-09-06T12:56Z 370K followers, 5.3M engagements

"Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans"
X Link 2024-05-03T09:45Z 370.1K followers, 1M engagements

"For the first time in history billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans. Its time to tax those billionaires. And no thats not communism thats common sense"
X Link 2024-05-19T17:57Z 370.1K followers, 399.3K engagements

"We have to talk about age: Donald Trump is too old to serve as President. He rambles. He keeps forgetting names. His vocabulary is in decline. He has trouble finishing sentences. Many experts think he's demented. Clearly unfit to serve as commander-in-chief"
X Link 2024-07-21T19:38Z 370K followers, 362.4K engagements

"Give poor people $1000 every month for three years. No strings attached. What will they spend the money on Huge and rigorous study finds that the biggest increase is in Supporting Others: helping family and friends"
X Link 2024-07-22T18:54Z 370K followers, 321.4K engagements

"Devastating review of the degrowth literature (561 studies): -- 'few studies use quantitative or qualitative data.' -- those that do 'tend to include small samples or focus on non-representative cases' --'large majority (almost 90%) are opinions rather than analysis'"
X Link 2024-09-04T07:06Z 370K followers, 1.4M engagements

"This is Margrethe Vestager Europe's 'tax lady' (as Donald Trump called her). Today she won a huge victory in the fight against Apple's massive tax avoidance. We need more awesome tax ladies like her. short 🧡 --"
X Link 2024-09-10T11:53Z 370K followers, 179.1K engagements

"Wonderful news from France The National Assembly has voted to advance a billionaire's tax116 in favor [--] against. The tax enjoys huge public support with 75% of the French backing it. Similar levels of support are seen in polls across other countries including the U.S. Aprs le vote de limpt minimum sur les grandes fortunes hier lAssemble nationale en premire lecture ladoption dfinitive est possible Car mme si le chemin est escarp le vote d'hier est rvlateur dune quation foncirement favorable 🧡 Aprs le vote de limpt minimum sur les grandes fortunes hier lAssemble nationale en premire lecture"
X Link 2025-02-21T16:46Z 370.1K followers, 323.7K engagements

"We knew it but seeing the data laid out it's still shocking: higher taxes for most deep cuts to Medicaid & SNAPall to fund tax breaks for the top 1%. It's difficult to fully grasp the scale of the con being perpetrated on Americans right now by the Trump administration"
X Link 2025-02-26T05:03Z 370.1K followers, 1.8M engagements

"Dutch public television on Trump Vance Zelensky and "Have you even said 'thank you'" Excellent summary of the current geopolitical situation"
X Link 2025-03-06T00:06Z 370.1K followers, 641.3K engagements

"A U.S. government plan is being enacted right now to surveil silence and deport people who speak out for Palestinian rights. Its called Project Esther and it makes cancel culture look like childs play. Free speech defenders where are you 🧡"
X Link 2025-05-18T18:56Z 370.1K followers, 381.1K engagements

"Absolutely incredible footage from today the biggest protest of the 21st century in The Netherlands. [------] people in The Hague to protest against the genocide in Palestine"
X Link 2025-06-16T00:57Z 370.1K followers, 1.7M engagements

"96 private jets full of corrupt elites and celebs flying into Venice a city destroyed by tourism to celebrate the wedding of the worlds most shameless tax dodger: Jeff Bezos. Well it's the perfect anecdote for future historians writing about this Second Gilded Age -- 🧡"
X Link 2025-06-27T03:34Z 370.1K followers, 936.8K engagements

"This landmark study in The Lancet should be etched on @elonmusk's gravestone: Dismantling USAID is projected to cause [--] million deaths between [----] and [----] thats more than [---] million lives lost every year. Thats as many lives lost as in World War I"
X Link 2025-07-02T16:50Z 370.1K followers, 243.7K engagements

"Major new study finds that 4-day workweek (with no reduction in pay) leads to: -- higher productivity -- more revenue -- Less stress fewer feelings of burnout and improved overall health and well-being"
X Link 2025-07-26T13:02Z 370.1K followers, 200.8K engagements

"So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income the 15-hour workweek and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6547753/Jerry-Hall-62-hits-Barbados-beach-chic-halterneck-swimsuit.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6547753/Jerry-Hall-62-hits-Barbados-beach-chic-halterneck-swimsuit.html"
X Link 2019-01-02T16:50Z 370.1K followers, 14.6K engagements

"Heres the long version of what I tried to make clear in Davos. Most wealth is not created at the top but merely devoured there. #wef19 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/wealth-banks-google-facebook-society-economy-parasites https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/wealth-banks-google-facebook-society-economy-parasites"
X Link 2019-01-27T15:59Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"So @TuckerCarlson just called me a fucking moron during a prerecord for his show for pointing out that hes a millionaire funded by billionaires. Lets see if theyll air it. Did they get it on audio Fuck fuck fuck we heard them say here. (Yes we did.)"
X Link 2019-02-12T00:53Z 370.1K followers, 21.8K engagements

"67% of Americans support paid maternity leave. 70% want Medicare for all. 75% is in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy. I know this is hard to take in especially if you work for a propaganda channel but this is not about left vs right. Its about plutocracy vs democracy. .@seanhannity: "Democrats Want Radical New Extreme Socialist Ideas" via @foxnation https://t.co/p96wA3qN95 .@seanhannity: "Democrats Want Radical New Extreme Socialist Ideas" via @foxnation https://t.co/p96wA3qN95"
X Link 2019-03-07T19:46Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"You know you're winning @AOC when this is the best they can come up with. Every Tucker meltdown is the sweet sound of history moving in the right direction. On his show last night @TuckerCarlson called @AOC "a moron." ". And nasty and more self righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access." https://t.co/I71eBBRDKh On his show last night @TuckerCarlson called @AOC "a moron." ". And nasty and more self righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access." https://t.co/I71eBBRDKh"
X Link 2019-04-03T11:25Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"To most people in developed countries even for conservatives it's bewildering that common sense policies like Medicare for All are seen as 'radical' or 'socialist' in the US. Caring for the sick and the old is not left or right. It's civilization. Reminder of what people are calling the radical extreme-left agenda: βœ… Medicare for All βœ… A Living Wage & Labor Rights βœ… K-16 schooling aka Public Colleges βœ… 100% Renewable Energy βœ… Fixing the pipes in Flint βœ… Not Hurting Immigrants βœ… Holding Wall Street Accountable Reminder of what people are calling the radical extreme-left agenda: βœ… Medicare for"
X Link 2019-07-18T20:27Z 370.1K followers, 10.3K engagements

"The Netherlands: one of the worst tax havens in the world stealing billions in revenue from other countries and now our government in this historic crisis denies eurobonds and financial assistance to Italy and Spain. @#($*&#% this is shameful. https://www.ft.com/content/c3e4db7e-c45a-4113-9bf6-d5d5580fa0ba https://www.ft.com/content/c3e4db7e-c45a-4113-9bf6-d5d5580fa0ba"
X Link 2020-03-27T13:44Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Or like @robertwiblin said: 'If what you do gets three billion people killed it doesn't matter that the cause you were fighting for was just.' It almost seems as if we've forgotten nuclear weapons still exist. Even a small chance of nuclear conflict is completely terrifying. 8/9"
X Link 2022-03-01T14:55Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Three of the most terrifying graphs on the internet right now"
X Link 2023-06-12T18:24Z 370.1K followers, 2.4M engagements

"It's funny how both degrowthers nuclear bros climate doomers and climate deniers manage to ignore a technological revolution taking place before their eyes. The rise and rise and rise of solar energy --"
X Link 2023-09-08T20:56Z 370.1K followers, 642.1K engagements

"So I hear Tucker Carlson arguably the greatest hypocrite on the planet is trying to make his comeback. Perhaps a good time to re-up this"
X Link 2024-07-26T14:29Z 370.1K followers, 489.1K engagements

"WOW a massive win in the fight against Apple's enormous tax avoidance. For years the company's effective tax rate on European profits was less than [--] percent. Turns out: that was illegal. $14 billion tax bill coming in. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed"
X Link 2024-09-10T08:35Z 370.1K followers, 169.3K engagements

"How Americans responded in [----] when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced"
X Link 2024-12-14T19:29Z 370.1K followers, 1.8M engagements

"Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the worlds leading genocide scholars including renowned Holocaust experts describe Israels actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them nearly all of their peers agree"
X Link 2025-05-15T00:44Z 370.1K followers, 2M engagements

"1. Last night I was invited to be on the BBC show This Week. I thought that Davos was a bewildering experience but this beat everything"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:01Z 370.1K followers, 20K engagements

"11. And to clarify - I think my politics are quite different from those of @novaramedia. I'm not a fan of Corbyn absolutely don't identify as a 'communist' (trying to save capitalism instead.) etc. But they actually read the book can't say that of many other UK journalists"
X Link 2019-03-22T08:59Z 370.1K followers, [----] engagements

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