While I understand the sentiment towards banks as they pay you loads and it's clearly relatively dull work, can people not be genuinely interested in Palantir?

While I understand the sentiment towards banks as they pay you loads and it's clearly relatively dull work, can people not be genuinely interested in Palantir? If I recall correctly, Palantir had low salaries relative to Google and FB, who they compete for talent with. Their work does seem fast-paced and interesting. Additionally, while it's very much outside the HN bubble, I can imagine a lot of people would like Palantir's mission of helping law enforcement and the military, even when factoring in the loss to privacy that most HNers value more.