There’s a new trend in programming — we must change our software so as not to, internally, invisibly to users, use terms like black or white, master or slave, etc.

The problem is that the word bans never end, and they never help. It’s just performative nonsense, just as with the banned Scrabble words. Prosecuting thoughtcrime doesn’t change the world because the system is still there.

It makes libs happy because they understand the world through the interface of words, but matters very little in the end other than making them feel like they are doing something while forestalling real action.