(aside) the reason I like sociology is no one in power takes it seriously, so it is possible to do real work. (Most don’t, of course, but that is universal in academia.)

— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) November 18, 2019

I like economics because the whole field is so corrupt and full of fake math that even a layperson can have real insights and discover (or re-discover) important ideas in this arena.

And I like sociology for the reason Welsh mentions. No one in power does take it seriously, so you can use it to really quite easily out-think 99% of people with embarrassingly little effort.