This is kind of a nonsequitur. The etymology of a word does (obviously) not imply anything about the social impact that the use of statistics has and is just a

This is kind of a nonsequitur. The etymology of a word does (obviously) not imply anything about the social impact that the use of statistics has and is just a clever anecdote. I haven't seen any marxist criticism of statistics itself, which is telling considering marxism is a ruthless critique of everything. Obviously a state or corporation can use any tool (science, technology, writing, math) for its own gain or detriment, and that fact speaks nothing to the general social utility of that tool- it also doesn't speak to whether or not specific uses of that tool by a state or corporation are legitimate or self-serving. Also, "Data Science" doesn't refer to Science with Data, but the study of data analysis itself, and for that purpose is a reasonable albeit often unnecessary term.