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What value does that word hold for you and why would it diminish it for you? That word has been used to describe many things for many years in many different w

• Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
  I don't think slave is a forbidden word. Maybe I was too strong in my own wording. I didn't mean "slave" specifically, but any word used incorectly, and especialy those with negative connotations, used as a quick way to "win" an argument. >and it wasn't used in anyway that deviated from standard use. Slave:[0] 1 a person held in forced servitude 2 disapproving : a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence a slave to fashion/technology 3 : a device (such as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another 4 : drudge, toiler While 4 could have been the intent here (2 has a negative conotation for the slave) if we only look at it's ability to descibe the relationship between China and the US, looking at the whole sentence: In other words, slave moved up the value chain and no longer wants to slave for their masters. It is clear that 1 is being used here. We are using slave as both a noun and a verb, and describing the US as the master. I should also note that 1 is by far the most common definition, and other dictionaries have only that one when used as a noun.[1] [0]https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slave https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slave [1]https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slave https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slave