How India is saving Capitalism!

Salon goes onsite to Chennai with Katharine Mieszkowski in the first of a series of articles that seek to investigate the offshoring phenemenon that's become a sore point with most tech workers in the US. As Katharine says, the problem originated right here in the US. Not always because of corporate greed as many are keen to portray it, but out of the need for survival after the Internet boom/bust. India was quick to see the opportunity, and it allowed many companies to survive, and startups to flourish. The Internet allowed technology to bridge the gap between production and consumption, and two diametrically opposite worlds in a way that could not have been conceived of before. Of course, that still begs the question : so what jobs will remain in the US? Solutions have to be found, and I for one, believe that a society that's so advanced and intelligent as the United States will not go down because of this. Solutions have to be found that go beyond trashing India for the problem - There are no Indians huddled in the Himalayas plotting to grab the jobs of honest middle class Americans and make their lives miserable - solutions that go beyond the current 'We-will-save-jobs-but-I-don't-have-a-clue-how' rhetoric of contenders to the presidential throne or the 'I-don't-give-a-flying-fudge' attitude of the Government. As I keep telling people, outsourcing is creating a new world order where knowledge is spreading across the globe, and most of all, American values such as the fabled 'life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness' are spreading across the globe - just visit Bangalore to see how much life there is influenced by America. (So sad, however that these values seem to be on their way to extinction in the US.)

UPDATE: I posted the story to Slashdot and got /.ed along with a huge response which is quite a read. Also got a mention in Robert McLaws' weblog at asp.net.