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Yes, a heist. But why? For Palantir? Russia? To hold for attacking party enemies later?
by imglorp 1y ago
Yes, a heist. But why? For Palantir? Russia? To hold for attacking party enemies later?
- standardUser 1y agoI optimistically hope it was just more tech company data mining, except in a particularly vile way. But there's always the chance it gets used for a lot more than targeted ads.
- smt88 1y ago> But why? For Palantir? Russia? To hold for attacking party enemies later? The simplest explanation is that they stole it for xAI. Given DOGE employees' ties to Russia and Musk's ties (mostly through debt) to both Russia and Saudi Arabia, I could believe either of those countries benefited.
- Esophagus4 1y agoThis seems like attributing to malice what could be attributed to incompetence. It seems more plausible after reading the ProPublica article that they were swinging hammers in the dark trying to find evidence of “fraud” or other political point scoring grifts. Combined with reckless incompetence. I’m skeptical that the simplest explanation is that they stole it for xAI or Russia, I think that requires proof.