Wittgenstein's Monster<p>A recent study shows elite political discourse in Western democracies is getting more toxic — especially around migration, LGBTQ+ rights, and identity.<br>Ironically, toxicity drops during elections. That’s how normalized it’s become.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22411" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2503.22411</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToxicPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalDecay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalDecay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassStruggle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassStruggle</span></a></p>