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 especia

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