Rand Paul’s going to be teaching a course on “dystopian visions” at George Washington University next fall. Because of course he is.

The Kentucky senator and libertarian gadfly is a toned-down version of his former congressman father Ron, whose 2008 presidential campaign won the Reddit vote and filled stadiums with young supporters, mainly young men—an early evolution of the “Bernie bro.” Dialing back his father’s radical appeal helped him win a Senate seat, from which the the younger Dr. Paul (he’s an ophthamologist, dad’s an obstetrician) has deftly drawn the spotlight, most recently casting himself as a camera-ready resistance Republican.