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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by TheLogothete on Friday March 04, 2016 @12:02PM (#11225064)
Actually the pyramids were built exactly because of the pharoahs. Try building one now. You can't. Because there is no divine inspiration demanding the people do it.
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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by mrow84 on Friday March 04, 2016 @01:44PM (#11225906)
After re-reading, I can see that I didn't clearly express my point of view. The first line should have said this:

"Why would you attribute an increase in sales or profits solely to the leader?"

If you meant something similar, then fine, but if not, then do you really believe that the pharaohs would have been able to build their pyramids without their work force? As for whether we could build one now, I think you might say that we just have different gods [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by wavefunction on Friday March 04, 2016 @01:33PM (#11225815)
Recent consensus among Egyptologists is that the Pyramids were constructed with paid labor rather than the stereotype of slave labor.
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