Academics in general can be rude and condescending if you look up all the stories on the phd subreddit about the experiences of phd students with their supervis

Academics in general can be rude and condescending if you look up all the stories on the phd subreddit about the experiences of phd students with their supervisors. There are lots of stories of academia being a toxic workplace. I would presume at this point that the academic researchers themselves are a core causal factor of that phenomenon.