What is what we call “political correctness”? In the words of Francis Fukuyama, political correctness “refers to things that we cannot say in public without fearing a degrading moral condemnation,” something that takes on particular weight in today’s era of the domination of the internet and social media. The examples of political correctness are numerous and extend to almost all areas of our lives (in politics, art, science, education, working relations, etc.), with the result that the adjective “political” (correctness) is rather misleading. The controversy over political correctness is intense and has taken on ideological features, with its supporters usually being ranked as liberal-progressive and its opponents as conservative. But nor is this accurate: political correctness has acquired universal characteristics and runs through all political and ideological currents.