2000 only seems like yesterday, it can't be nearly 2024 already!
Tell me about it! I can't possibly be as old as I am...
Unfortunately, we are being squeezed more and more into a position where we are reliant on the state in some form.
It can't be by coincidence. This is the antithesis of what governments would have been aiming for a few decades ago.
That is insane about the drug testing. I haven't ever had to have one, though because I do some work for a military contractor occasionally, I do have background checks done yearly or so. But, no cubicles!
I don't know where we will end up, but I don't think we should make it easy going for the direction we are currently headed.