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676 sats \ 7 comments \ @south_korea_ln 5h security

As an example of the evil nature of Palantir’s work, it appears that Palantir has been working with the Israeli military in so-called ‘targeted killings’. Reports have suggested such that these murders, probably in the thousands or tens of thousands, utilised social media information and cellphone tracking. According to a range of sources, over 150 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza and in numerous cases they appear to have been directly targeted. Using social media information to murder journalists using drone strikes is already dystopic, but this is likely to just be the beginning of the evil Palantir will facilitate.

What's your take on Palantir?

Someone in a group chat just wrote:

Palantir is Evil. And Peter Thiel doing a 4 part series on the anti-christ is like Hitler giving a 4 part series on how someone might theoretically exterminate the elite cabal that is destroying the world

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Palantir is creating 'Master Databases' on all civilians for governments around the world should they turn enemies. But Palantir controls the data making them theoretically more powerful than the governments who pay them Billions. And CEO Alex Karp has publicly expressed support for such roles, stating the company helps "scare enemies and on occasion kill them"

I haven't really looked into his story other than what i posted here, but seems like it's yet another techbro with a lot of money who is getting a little bit too powerful.

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197 sats \ 5 replies \ @LOR3LORD 3h

I'm not a fan. I grew up with old school conservatives and they always warned me about the surveillance and police state. So it really stuck with me. Like absolutely under no circumstance would they advocate for that.

So, it's crazy to see the tide turn, and all of my former mentors in that area are all championing companies like Palantir, mainly for profits, but like....

Isn't this the very thing you warned me about in my youth?

52 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 2h

At least from "conservative" politicians this isn't new. The NSA, FBI, and CIA have a checkered past to say the least. Since the "War on Terror" conservatives have been all about surveillance. and police state so I'm not sure what you are talking about or where you have been. Have you not heard the Snowden revelations, or the Patriot Act? Since then a lot of the stuff that was exposed has simply been privatized or renamed.

The police have been militarizing for many decades. Doesn't matter who is in power and conservatives are the back the the blue party. They are all for giving police departments military equipment. Most cities have a SWAT team and its not good.

Prior to Palantir is a different animal but there have been decades of private military services provided by private industry. Rumsfeld under GW Bush was a big advocate for this. Not sure who your former mentors are but conservative inc. has long been behind this stuff. And for the record Obama didn't seem to have much of an issue with it either. On war there is little difference between the two parties.

Palantir's leadership backed Trump in a big way but some of the leadership has backed Democrats in the past. The uniparty is pro war, pro police state, and pro surveillance. This isn't new. Not a Trump thing. Just a continuation. IT will not be roll back when the Democrats take back power. Mark my words.

The real problem goes back to WW2 and the military industrial complex that runs DC. Eisenhower warned us as he left office.

61 sats \ 2 replies \ @LOR3LORD 2h

Yes, I am super familiar with everything you mentioned. But a lot of the folks I spoke to were against Patriot Act, the extra measures at airports, etc. They have always supported the blue, which always seemed contradictory to me.

Back in the day, I remember seeing documentaries about how we were all going to be injected w microchips, and the NWO was taking over and we were going to be one with Mexico and Canada. And now, we have cellphones that track us all the time.

And although I agree the war machine has always been present and involved in politics, it is interesting to see how it has super evolved into what we see now with facial recognition - and I'm like: I thought we hated this?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 2h

Are you referring to Ron Paul Conservatism or something? I was raised on Rush Limbaugh and used to be a Republican. Paul said and still says this sort of thing. He's a big reason I am not a conservative or neocon put more accurately.

Pat Bucananan would have and did oppose this stuff. But it seems more like you are describing the libertarian right to me. And some of them are sadly supporting Trump in his abusive actions in foreign policy.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LOR3LORD 2h

It was definitely in the vein. I forget the actual doc I'm thinking of, but there were so many in the early 2000's that I can't even recall half of them.

But yes, Ron Paul was a savior, the government was the devil, the police state was hated, but still support the police, and by God everything had to be by the book of the Constitution.

I think that part of the party is dead now. It just doesn't exist. The new right doesn't seem to care about the Constitution at all, and would be happy to change it to fit the needs of the day - and it really does depend on what day it is.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 2h

old school conservatives

Like Pat Buchanan? Yeah, I think that part of the movement has long been pushed aside.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatAttack 1h

Damn I think I just bought a mayonnaise by them