"but they were also on their way to being controlled and understood by a tiny exclusive slither of society."
I think that should be "sliver".
I think that should be "sliver".
I assume that's the name for, ahem, 'that is just anovver word for it'.
Thanks for letting me know!
I didn't know either, I only really checked because I was curious if they had a completely different etymology and only happened to be spelt^ and used similarly.
(^or if, like spelt and spelled, the same root had just come to be used in two ways for the same.)
So, note to self, slither is not a noun! (Except to mean limestone rubble apparently, but I think I can ignore that.)