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Do we really have to examine the origin of every word we use rather than according its modern common usage and use in context?

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We're not examining every word. This article is about examining a specific word, with a specific history, within a specific context.

In a specific country, whose industry takes free open source labor from all over the world and then imposes its own cultural values.

Open source people from other regions provide the majority of code and have no say in political decisions. One might be tempted to say that they are slaves.

> imposes its own cultural values.

This is a default. If it offends your sensibilities so much, you can configure it to be something else.

Heck, I'd even go as far as suggesting that "main" is a more common word for non-native speakers of english than "master", making it more intuitive for non-US developers.

Please don't use HN for political and ideological flamewar, regardless of what you're battling for or against. We're trying for something else here.

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Why are you so invested in something with so very little impact on you?

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