It is the 4th century here in Rome. We hire others to do our work because we're Romans and we can. Rome is Eternal. The native born peasantry support us out of knee jerk patriotism, barbarian mercenaries protect us because we can afford it, and there's bread and circuses on TV and the Internet to entertain us. All of this is divinely ordained, the profits in Armani suits tell us so. As for the smoke on the horizon and the sound of marching - nothing to see here, so move along.