Yes, if your code is worthless and no one (including yourself) will read it again.

long term consequences of running an H1B gulag and underpaying relative to industry

More info needed but for 5k you can get a near maxed mbp that should be able to handle most models, perform pretty well, and also serve as your laptop so it’s not a pure AI box. Then if you have heavier needs go to the cloud.

Trump haters in absolute shambles here.

Someone remind me what value business people add to society?

This would be (and essentially has been) a good sci fi premise.

Anything that keeps the code monkeys in line is legal.

Yes quite bad clearly worst since 2008 if not worse.