What do you know about my industry? Just today, I learned that a piece of software one of my co-workers wrote might be putting a whole roomful of people out of work. Not a week goes by where I don't hear about how a substantial amount of the work of my staff could be outsourced. (Fortunately, there are some enduring obstacles to doing this--but that doesn't mean they will never be surmounted.) Everywhere I've worked, I've seen staff shrink and watched as projects that would once have been done in house have been awarded to outside firms. I've lived all my life with the threat of outsourcing and I know it's not what it's cracked up to be.
If wars cannot be sustained without the draft, I guess that means that the USA hasn't fought any since 1973. Pax Americana indeed!
I didn't say that the historical comparisons aren't there, rather that they are being overblown. There are also historical comparisons to be made to the Roman Empire--just ask cassielsander--but I don't see a risk of Jenna Bush ascending to the purple anytime soon.
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Date: 2004-11-04 06:31 pm (UTC)If wars cannot be sustained without the draft, I guess that means that the USA hasn't fought any since 1973. Pax Americana indeed!
I didn't say that the historical comparisons aren't there, rather that they are being overblown. There are also historical comparisons to be made to the Roman Empire--just ask