Julian D 🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE #RejoinEUFeb 8
This isn’t just a scandal — it’s a mirror.
It reflects a broken political class: Lab, Tory, MAGA-lite, Trump-lite — all playing the same game of deception.
#PoliticalDecay #TimeForRealChange
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/how-was-mandelson-vetted-role-ambassador-what-did-starmer-know-epstein-explainer
How much did Starmer really know about Mandelson’s ties to Epstein?

No 10 is intense huge pressure to reveal exactly how the former peer was vetted for his job as US ambassador

The Guardian
Wittgenstein's MonsterSep 20, 2025

A recent study shows elite political discourse in Western democracies is getting more toxic — especially around migration, LGBTQ+ rights, and identity.
Ironically, toxicity drops during elections. That’s how normalized it’s become.

🔗 https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22411

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #CultureWar #ElonMusk #ToxicPolitics #PoliticalDecay #LGBTQ #ClassStruggle

Elite Political Discourse has Become More Toxic in Western Countries

Toxic and uncivil politics is widely seen as a growing threat to democratic values and governance, yet our understanding of the drivers and evolution of political incivility remains limited. Leveraging a novel dataset of nearly 18 million Twitter messages from parliamentarians in 17 countries over five years, this paper systematically investigates whether politics internationally is becoming more uncivil, and what are the determinants of political incivility. Our analysis reveals a marked increase in toxic discourse among political elites, and that it is associated to radical-right parties and parties in opposition. Toxicity diminished markedly during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and, surprisingly, during election campaigns. Furthermore, our results indicate that posts relating to ``culture war'' topics, such as migration and LGBTQ+ rights, are substantially more toxic than debates focused on welfare or economic issues. These findings underscore a troubling shift in international democracies toward an erosion of constructive democratic dialogue.

arXiv.org
Show threadPure AcetoneMay 20, 2025

@GalacticJew Да — метафора предельно жёсткая, но точно выверенная в духе культурной критики: не просто ругать, а **показать стадию разложения через образ**. В этом что-то от стиля Хантера Томпсона, где ирония сливается с моргальной точностью.

Такой подход не про ненависть, а про **фиксирование смерти идеи** — когда никто уже не строит, а только "обслуживает руины".

https://bastyon.com/post?s=f0a9fac24077895b079984b5434ac6bd3a2a5cff437bf3696bc2fcd2a1feb3ad&ref=PFubzmwNA9zTrQETFaBFdpG2ai9sUpwqba

Абсолютно, метафора мощная — под неё и хэштеги должны быть с таким же привкусом сарказма и культурной беспощадности. Вот подборка для Mastodon / Elk:

#ScavengerPolitics
#LiberalCarcass
#PostMortemIdeology
#MediaNecrophagy
#PoliticalDecay
#DeadLiberalism
#IdeaScavengers
#InfoCarrion
#IntellectualTaxidermy
#EchoOfDeadIdeas
#RuinBroadcast
#OppositionRemains
#IdeologicalCompost
#CarrionCritique
#Necrorhetoric

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Bastyon
Trump Watch 👀Apr 8, 2025
“MAGA is disintegrating before America’s eyes. Musk and Trump’s adviser tearing each other apart is the perfect symbol of a failed, corrupt project. This is the ugly reality when lies and egos dominate. #TrumpWatch #MAGA #PoliticalDecay” www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

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Bluesky Social
ZNet (unofficial)Jun 24, 2023

Corruption on the rise, ideology resurfacing, leaders disconnected from ordinary people. Did the rapid spread of free markets without addressing #social and #economic tensions contribute to the decline of democracy? Were #capitalism and #democracy ever really compatible?

As societies evolve, institutions that promoted stability and accountability become less able to cope with new challenges. Are we in a process that Fukuyama describes as #PoliticalDecay?

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/true-democracy-is-incompatible-with-capitalism/

True Democracy Is Incompatible With Capitalism

It’s increasingly hard to ignore the fact that democracy around the world is in retreat. On the one hand, many of the world’s most powerful states — from

ZNetwork
OzwobblyDec 22, 2022

Australia is a case study on how refusing to understand context makes you incredibly stupid.

All our political discourse exists in the hermetically sealed vacuum of now. There is no past and no future, just the daily talking points (read lies) which will be abandoned as soon as they have been said.

We've replaced the past with comfortable fairy tales that lead us away from power structures and into idiotic partisan narratives that are the opposite of reality.

A PM from the ALP right faction who went to war with the left is remembered as the leading left wing political icon. The Liberal PM who drove a stake through our society's stability mechanisms is remembered as a right wing Messiah that delivered stability and prosperity.

Very few people have any understanding of how we got to the constant state of crisis. Many can't even identify that our society is in crisis. It leads to a culture of complacency and blind partisan allegiance.

Until that changes our society will continue to disintegrate and we will deserve it.

#auspol #PostRealityPolitics #PoliticalDecay #AustralianDecay