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# ![@AaronBastani Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::63082578.png) @AaronBastani Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani posts on X about politics, books, business, long term the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and 9070 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence

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[finance](/list/finance)  #5316 [countries](/list/countries)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 

**Social topic influence**
[politics](/topic/politics) #2049, [books](/topic/books), [business](/topic/business) #2085, [long term](/topic/long-term) #49, [matter](/topic/matter) #623, [south korea](/topic/south-korea) #147, [china](/topic/china), [kalshi](/topic/kalshi), [science](/topic/science), [mob](/topic/mob)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Tom Watson Labour's former deputy leader recently wrote the next general election will be a 'Stop Farage election'. Stop Corbyn. Stop Brexit. Now Stop Farage. This is the main issue with the Labour right - what are they actually for You can't do politics like this forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1982842906533884205)  2025-10-27T16:12Z 168.1K followers, 35.1K engagements


"Neoclassical economics which pervades all social science in the West has no account for why WW1 started (Marxists say it was competing imperialisms). A big part of failure of the West right now is its elites learn this stuff. Even Classics more useful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1991898063456342397)  2025-11-21T15:54Z 168.1K followers, 329.6K engagements


"Student loan repayment up XXX Your mob tripled tuition fees 🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994155782099878229)  2025-11-27T21:26Z 168.1K followers, 114.8K engagements


"The right wing psy-op against Gary Stevenson is incredible. A YouTuber who did maths at the LSE economics MPhil at Oxford traded for Citi and wrote a Sunday Times bestseller. A CV better than XX% of the people this account would lionise. Its okay to just say I disagree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996216055585218599)  2025-12-03T13:52Z 168.1K followers, 168.4K engagements


"Gary Stevenson did maths at the LSE (anyone familiar with that knows its serious) He was a trader with Citibank in multiple countries. He has an MPhil in economics from Oxford. Issue for Stewart is: hes a working class guy with a million followers on Instagram & YouTube"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996954626986238109)  2025-12-05T14:47Z 168.1K followers, 344.5K engagements


"Defunding local authorities. Building a long term financial crisis across English higher education. Failing to invest adequately in infrastructure at record low rates of borrowing. Cook the countrys long term finances with the triple lock. Defund the criminal justice system. Introduce the OBR. Randomly do poorly worded referenda. Nobody actually knows if its formally binding or not. Presume you win every time. Restore slave markets to Libya and accelerate the European refugee crisis by removing Gadaffi. Cameron and Osborne were imbeciles. The media loved them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997322577383989501)  2025-12-06T15:09Z 168.1K followers, 30.5K engagements


"When did the Observer get so ugly (dont read it so hadnt noticed) It looks like a fake newspaper in a simpsons episode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997619372639285336)  2025-12-07T10:49Z 168.1K followers, 24.3K engagements


"Iranian undocumented migrant appeals to sanctity of ECHR because it upholds peace inNorthern Ireland. Hes been herea few months () and already seems to think hes an expert on Britains constitutional settlement. 🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996733149041377680)  2025-12-05T00:07Z 168.1K followers, 162.6K engagements


"@CJAWorrall @JLYucel Im not an authority unlike Vicky - or indeed James. I never alleged otherwise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1998055535556378758)  2025-12-08T15:42Z 168.1K followers, XXX engagements


"I got sent to f***ing prison. Good. I can read some books. This whole clip is great to be honest. Watch to the end. We grow as people because shit happens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995277491595104426)  2025-11-30T23:43Z 168.1K followers, 97.7K engagements


"A reminder: there was a coup against Corbyn in 2016 when the party was polling 34%. (June: IpsosMori)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996602251926757510)  2025-12-04T15:27Z 168.1K followers, 345.8K engagements


"Like the charity clothes bin the high street phone box perhaps used half a dozen times in the last decade is a signal to fly tip and take a piss. @bt_uk these must go They are scars in every town and city. So much low hanging fruit in making high streets nicer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996708544641658931)  2025-12-04T22:29Z 168.1K followers, 20.8K engagements


"Why is printer ink $10000 a gallon How is it more expensive than the semen of a Grand National winning stallion Because few people hate market competition *more* than todays capitalists. @doctorow explains all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997732018327843173)  2025-12-07T18:16Z 168.1K followers, 143.1K engagements


"The British armed forces personnel that died in Iraq and Afghanistan dont matter a jot to these people. Just two foreign policy fuck ups - whose consequences America is insulated from - by two giant oceans. Europe is not. How on earth are there still atlanticists in the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997766775358828936)  2025-12-07T20:34Z 168.1K followers, 64K engagements


"Vicky has written a well researched thoughtful book on housing. The other two chaps you mention havent whatever their other strengths. Our political class used to care about things like that. Now its outrage This is what a post-literate society looks like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1998037908566200829)  2025-12-08T14:32Z 168.1K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Theres no point getting upset about @elonmusk doing salutes. And retaliatory tariffs wont work. Just make it legal for mechanics to jailbreak Teslas & unlock all the software subscriptions & upgrades. Moreover we need a post American internet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1998046763161473236)  2025-12-08T15:07Z 168.1K followers, 26.3K engagements


"@CJAWorrall @JLYucel But I also dont think that means James can talk about literally nothing else. Which is absurd. If he reported on say national energy policy for a decade a book on the topic would be totally normal. What on earth lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1998055822044127727)  2025-12-08T15:43Z 168.1K followers, XXX engagements


"The personal allowance went to 10k by 2015 (the end of the parliament). Maybe actually read the relevant stuff before calling people 'idiots'. Ultra dumb Cameronics with Clegg characteristics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1992998898768789815)  2025-11-24T16:49Z 168.1K followers, 11.3K engagements


"A stat to underscore how gargantuan US big tech now is. This year Amazon will make over $XX billion just from selling merchant rankings when you search to buy products. Just that revenue before selling any products or AWS would put it in top XX UK companies by revenue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994052319000867071)  2025-11-27T14:34Z 168.1K followers, 7854 engagements


"Amazon makes more from selling search rankings (rigging them effectively) than Astrazeneca or Glaxo make.full stop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994052585624388019)  2025-11-27T14:35Z 168.1K followers, 4664 engagements


"Pics via Clara Euler"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994394184288215312)  2025-11-28T13:13Z 168K followers, 3298 engagements


"Megan is becoming the person to follow regarding events in Your Party. Going to be an interesting beat for the next few months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994500427313025123)  2025-11-28T20:15Z 168.1K followers, 75.9K engagements


"BBC radio is still really good. Question Time panorama and often newsnight head scratchingly bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994821977018962301)  2025-11-29T17:33Z 168K followers, 5743 engagements


"I dont think people realise whats happening with fertility (not that the UK is the leading edge of this). If South Korea maintains its present total fertility rate (probably optimistic) over X generational cohorts the population wouldnt fall by 10%. It would be 98%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995219521695821935)  2025-11-30T19:52Z 168.1K followers, 92.1K engagements


"Not everyone needs to be permanently offended. I'm a Catholic - I believe in God. But my primary feeling about this is that it's very boomer-coded and about XX years out of date more than anything else. But whatever it's a free country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995493763427553489)  2025-12-01T14:02Z 168K followers, 81.6K engagements


"Park everything else said here for a minute. Its kind of wild that the line we want an economy like China is nowkind of moderate-coded (I personally think its sensible) Hey I just want every workplace with 9+ employees to have a party cell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995963576679637473)  2025-12-02T21:09Z 168K followers, 20.4K engagements


"I WAS HORRIFIED Rory Stewart Freaks Out Over Zack Polanski. We let rip on tonights show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995964806118211737)  2025-12-02T21:14Z 168.1K followers, 136.4K engagements


"Congratulations to @stephenwitt for winning @ft business book of the year. @ezraklein @DKThomp & @danwwang also published terrific books over the last XX month - among my personal favourites. The shortlist was superb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996344404018380919)  2025-12-03T22:22Z 168.1K followers, 9523 engagements


"This is like a parody. I just want my country to make some microprocessors and produce some clothes cars and books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996607044195909839)  2025-12-04T15:46Z 168K followers, 15.6K engagements


"@Kalshi Poor Ted Turner. Sad hes still alive to see this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996642145596592578)  2025-12-04T18:05Z 168K followers, 4720 engagements


"Labour finishing 4th in a ward they previously held. That will be the story of next May I suspect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996735018421596458)  2025-12-05T00:15Z 168K followers, 59K engagements


"Im not having a go at anyone but as someone with an Iranian father it fits with the lore I was raised with: Jacuzzi Hussain Ali the Olympic flame Skinny Ali Zico (he looked like the footballer) Now we have ECHR Javad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996952706708041747)  2025-12-05T14:40Z 168K followers, 8710 engagements


"@B7849290511965B Hes an authoritative voice on the economy. He could be a senior economist in industrial or the third sector yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996958412320485400)  2025-12-05T15:02Z 168K followers, 7313 engagements


"@DespoticInroad Ive met economists in many places with an inferior cv. Im playing this straight Hes a campaigner sure. But pseudo economist is quite clearly meant to denigrate him as a quack. Curious tho. Hes Oxford mphil. If he finished for phd youd concede hes an economist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996960088129417300)  2025-12-05T15:09Z 168K followers, 13.2K engagements


"Polanski really is the Farage Wario. Thousands of people obsessing over a comment made XX hours ago about wiping bums. Its unusual to see this kind of response"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996993209755476055)  2025-12-05T17:20Z 168.1K followers, 44.5K engagements


"But most people dont agree with him Doesnt matter: you need to win XX% of the electorate and stay prominent in legacy media. Constantly. Its the farage blueprint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996993495488253999)  2025-12-05T17:22Z 168.1K followers, 10K engagements


"@ArnieRhino So theyintroduced the triple lock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997325178414543103)  2025-12-06T15:20Z 168.1K followers, 2774 engagements


"@PeterMcCormack I think both of them were bad. But more because of missed opportunities than anything (demographics North Sea oil and global business cycle 1990-2008). Britain has been poorly governed for XX years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997341958855856436)  2025-12-06T16:26Z 168.1K followers, 5570 engagements


"The Greens are making better political marketing than either of the major two parties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994397945593237525)  2025-11-28T13:28Z 168.1K followers, 89.6K engagements


"Zack Polanski has been Green Party leader for X months. In that time: 📈 Greens have polled 3rd & even 2nd with pollsters registered with the BPC. 🫡 The party has reached 175k members 💷 Polanski was mentioned in the budget 💰 The party just crowd funded 200k in days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995115810017177761)  2025-11-30T13:00Z 168.1K followers, 202.8K engagements


"@Thelma_DWalker I defend market socialism - and say we can learn things from china"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997367217646673942)  2025-12-06T18:07Z 168.1K followers, XXX engagements


"I always thought Zac was easily better than the other candidates for the green leadership but he has a real knack for this kind of guerilla politics - while also being serious and professional. Really not easy. Greens have done very well to choose him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1972718622628856013)  2025-09-29T17:42Z 168.1K followers, 220K engagements


"This is really something. Boris basically saying the treasury pushed for what has become known as the Boriswave because of inflationary wage pressures. In other words net migration of 900k in one year to stop wage growth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1978082407094894917)  2025-10-14T12:56Z 168.1K followers, 2.2M engagements


"Even the Millwall bushwhackers in the early 90s looked like the United Nations 🤣 Presumably this would be yookay now Back then we thought it was normal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1984649850688799107)  2025-11-01T15:52Z 168.1K followers, 13.9M engagements


"A brown guy (Sri Lankan) is creating and monetising rage bait to make white people in Britain angry. He sells courses too. Just one example of thousands doing the same you imagine. What a story Feels like a shift well have to come to terms with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1994055794971529409)  2025-11-27T14:48Z 168.1K followers, 159.9K engagements


"In reality some of Polanskis preferred policies like a wealth tax have the support of economists like Thomas Piketty Gabriel Zucman Joe Stiglitz (Nobel winner) Mariana Mazzucato & Branko Milanovic. Beyond silly to say these are marginal figures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1995593007131971710)  2025-12-01T20:37Z 168.1K followers, 157.3K engagements


"Its important and good that mainstream politicians are now talking about fertility rates being below replacement for *50 years* - and falling. We are totally unprepared for the implications of that as a society"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1996941323127984278)  2025-12-05T13:54Z 168.1K followers, 38.9K engagements


"The correct position is that Berlins Palace of the Republic should never have been demolished - and that this should be rebuilt brick by brick"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997033879920923006)  2025-12-05T20:02Z 168.1K followers, 18.2K engagements


"The inflection point that probably ended Britains long term success and prosperity. Worse than any government of the 20tn century. And its not close"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997319330703286562)  2025-12-06T14:56Z 168.1K followers, 203.9K engagements


"Plymouth Exeter and Birmingham before the war. Really. Its genuinely hard to comprehend how much the Luftwaffe modernising city surveyors and the car lobby destroyed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997383611327094937)  2025-12-06T19:12Z 168.1K followers, 106.5K engagements


"@MarioNawfal The Met has had Jankels for years. Deployed en masse in 2011"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997668774007194105)  2025-12-07T14:05Z 168.1K followers, 16.7K engagements


"Something a lot of conservatives failed to grasp with this ruling. A court has effectively superseded the elected legislature and law made in the Commons which has meant gender recognition certificates are increasingly not worth much. American rule by judges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997982253633220784)  2025-12-08T10:51Z 168.1K followers, 80.8K engagements


"I said this at the time to an activist who was overjoyed at the ruling. It has massive implications for how we do politics - and Im increasingly unsure the Supreme Court should even exist. At which point she seemed to insinuate I was a bully and a misogynist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997982718093639703)  2025-12-08T10:52Z 168.1K followers, 6858 engagements


"Increasing tax on dividends was the right move. Income tax CGT and dividend tax should be broadly equal - wherever you put it. But its hard to measure how much that will radicalise petit bourgeois and small business who paid v little tax over the years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997989295387217977)  2025-12-08T11:19Z 168.1K followers, 27.5K engagements


"US State department must have given the thumbs up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1997998644952236264)  2025-12-08T11:56Z 168.1K followers, 16.3K engagements


"@JLYucel Out of interest. What are your qualifications so I can know which topics for the rest of your life you can legitimately talk about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1998044119957213224)  2025-12-08T14:56Z 168.1K followers, 1720 engagements


"@hayasaka_aryan Covent Garden ten minutes away you sloppy yank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/1998057068805132342)  2025-12-08T15:48Z 168.1K followers, 48.9K engagements