It&#x27;s not political correctness, it&#x27;s actual correctness.  Nor did I say the word didn&#x27;t mean anything, I said there&#x27;s no such thing as an Alpha.  If they use the word alpha when discussing social dominance, they&#x27;re wrong, just as they&#x27;d be wrong if they used the word aether when talking about the higgs field.  The alpha theory implies the dominant one is the strongest one, that&#x27;s simply not how these social hierarchies work, it&#x27;s usually the eldest one or the father&#x2F;mother of a group; to use the term alpha is simply wrong in any context.