myrmepropagandist on Nostr: Some myrmecologists, both amateur and professional have started to wince away from ...

Some myrmecologists, both amateur and professional have started to wince away from the term "slavery" when used to describe the way that some ants capture other ants. This is mostly a kind impulse to not mix up the horrors of human slavery with something insects do. I've made the case that the word is probably fine since it's hard to distinguish what humans have done from what ants do.

But, there is another word I *don't* think should ever be applied to ants.

This is the use of "caste" 1/