USA is an oligarchy. I can imagine americans disagree. But perhaps not lemmies.

I believe it comes from another language, and has a history before english adopted it.

I would not downvote, but I would feel uncomfortable writing it myself :)

No word is inherently bad, it’s all about what you mean and how you use it. Most people have a no-tolerance with a few words though.

For example, all words would be ok in educational purposes.