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It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology's problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It's a weird phrase to begin with.

In law, the phrase "master / servant" has been around forever. It's the foundation of the law of agency.

Some tech bro picked slave instead of servant.

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