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It’s not gonna happen. The people who work at Palantir, if they’re not just there for the money, think they’re doing the right thing, they see themselves as kee
by Analemma_ 9mo ago
It’s not gonna happen. The people who work at Palantir, if they’re not just there for the money, think they’re doing the right thing, they see themselves as keeping the country safe and improving government efficiency (and who could be against that?)
- mikelitoris 9mo agoNobody thinks that. They are there for money.
- direwolf20 9mo agoEven Peter Thiel?
- kakacik 9mo agoEspecially Peter Thiel. Now we are not saying he doesn't internally agree with many things that are happening (I don't mean this specific topic but rather overall direction of US society), we know he does.
- gunsle 9mo agoThat’s just not true. There are plenty of people in defense tech that clearly believe they are doing the right thing. Same with those in the military. Their version of “right” is just different than yours. To them, ensuring American hegemony is more right than whatever your definition is.
- rustystump 9mo agoThis is exactly right and why it is so dangerous. The bad guys dont think they are bad. The opposite is true. There is the expression the road to hell is led on good intentions line with the heads of bishops.
- tdeck 9mo agoThose material interests are very persuasive though. Without them, who knows what they might believe.
- nodra 9mo agoYou would be surprised how pilled some people are. It’s unfortunate.
- amelius 9mo agoMoney, or these IT folks derive pride from the technical challenge of building the tool, whatever its purpose. Or both.
- iso1631 9mo ago50% of the US think it's the right thing. Now sure, among educated urban people it was lower, but that's still a large number of people who think it's the right thing, and that executing american citizens for using their constitutional rights is at most "an unfortunate inevitability"
- dyauspitr 9mo agoYes. These are the same people that will cry about chat control while pushing heinous privacy violations for their right wing overlords.
- tdeck 9mo agoMany "libertarians" seem to be far more concerned about the age of consent than the size of the military or police force for some reason.