Political and economic commentary from a Marxist perspective by Josh Finnie.https://www.joshfinnie.com/en-ushttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/starlink-rural-broadband-grift/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/starlink-rural-broadband-grift/Rural America has a real broadband problem, and the federal government just rewrote a $42 billion program to solve it with satellite dishes instead of buried fiber. I look at who benefits from that choice and why it is not the people it claims to help.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/abolish-ice/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/abolish-ice/Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not an old, neutral institution. Congress created it in 2003, gave it almost no independent oversight, and has watched it spend two decades expanding its own reach. Here is the history, and the case for abolishing it.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/free-tuition-locked-gates/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/free-tuition-locked-gates/The richest colleges in America are making themselves tuition-free. That is a real win, but free tuition alone will not open doors that generations of exclusion kept shut.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/united-wizards-of-the-coast/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/united-wizards-of-the-coast/Workers at Magic: The Gathering Arena announced their union in April 2026. Here is what they are fighting for and why it matters for everyone who plays games.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/you-cant-afford-a-house/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/you-cant-afford-a-house/The avocado toast discourse isn't just stupid. It's a symptom of a story that wealthy societies tell themselves to avoid reckoning with how wealth actually works.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/the-fatal-flaw-in-silicon-valleys-ai-gold-rush/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/the-fatal-flaw-in-silicon-valleys-ai-gold-rush/Tech giants are investing $400 billion in AI infrastructure while cutting thousands of jobs. This analysis explores the economic contradiction at the heart of automation: why replacing workers with machines may undermine the very source of profit, threatening both value creation and consumer demand in capitalism's latest transformation.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/amazons-ai-layoff/https://www.joshfinnie.com/leftist/amazons-ai-layoff/Amazon blamed AI for cutting 30,000 jobs while posting record profits and raising CEO pay 37%. We break down the Marxist economics behind tech layoffs: how automation intensifies worker exploitation, why the "AI made us do it" narrative hides class warfare, and what the Luddites can teach us about who really benefits from technology. This is surplus value extraction with algorithmic cover.Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT