90% of the people posting here DESERVE TO DIE

90% of those who come here deserve to die: the language of violence in economic debates

It is not an exaggeration. Somewhere on the internet, someone wrote that 90% of the people who enter an economics forum deserve to die. And the thread was not about inflation or mortgages, but about global conspiracies, insults and threats. Far from being a one-off anecdote, the phrase reflects the state of part of the public debate: when economics crosses paths with geopolitics, dialogue becomes a battlefield where ideas are replaced by gut instinct.

Conspiracy as a refuge

In that thread, one group of participants claims that the world is controlled by a Oooo-Rothschild elite and that economic problems are the result of a plot to enslave the population. Others, meanwhile, point to an Eastern enemy: the Mongols or Russia, to whom we should submit in order to save the continent. There are no data, no figures: only an apocalyptic narrative in which every misfortune is the fault of an abstract "them". The language is direct: "slave lackeys", "genocidal hitmen", "dwarves of Mongolia". The real economy disappears; what remains is a war of myths.

Insults as a response

Faced with this torrent of conspiracies, most participants do not counter with arguments but with personal attacks: "red faggot NEET", "ing mental vagrant", "clown". They insult their opponent's employment status, sensual orientation or mental health. Some allude to their past in saunas or their relationship with their mother. The tone is childish, but the verbal violence is real: people wish for death, execution in the town square, murder by machete. It is the triumph of ad hominem: nobody wins, everyone loses the argument.

Where did the economics go?

The subforum was Economics, but in 47 replies there is not a single market analysis, an inflation chart or a discussion about interest rates. The geopolitical excuse (Ukraine, Russia, Jews, Mongols) devours any attempt at substantive debate. The thread is a monument to the degradation of public discourse: when you cannot debate with data, you resort to conspiracy and insults. And the worst part is that it is not an isolated case: it is a symptom of a polarisation that empties the spaces where we should be discussing our economic future.

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