[jerry1979]

> typically, you "subject" subjects, hence the word.

That seems like an appeal to linguistic authority.

I have a hard time imagining building a hierarchy without an attraction phase. There are many real world examples: Jim Jones, Uber, the French Revolution, etc.

[soledades]

failure of imagination is not an argument either FWIW

[lazide]

So you never heard of a population being conquered?