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TIL that the head of Palantir's UK arm is the grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley, founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.
by cjs_ac 7mo ago
TIL that the head of Palantir's UK arm is the grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley, founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.
- GaryBluto 7mo agoSins of the father are not sins of the (grand)son.
- stephc_int13 7mo agoOf course, but this lineage should indeed encourage some scrutiny.
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- graemep 7mo agoEspecially as multiple people in his family have had fascist sympathies. Given his ancestry wearing a black shirt for a TV interview was pretty bad judgement.
- persedes 7mo agoIf it quacks like a duck...?
- graemep 7mo agoTo an extent, but with caution and charity. A lot of exceptionally good people have come from bad families - one of the Borgias was a saint, for example. A lot of exceptionally nasty people seem to have perfectly nice families. Of course sometimes people who are, for example, brought up to be racist, are racist.
- nisegami 7mo agoOf course not, the grandson is hard at work on his own sins.
- GaryBluto 7mo agoMy point exactly.
- coldtea 7mo agoYou'd be surprised how often the beliefs of the father/grandfather are those of the son/grandson, not to mention how often they feel the need to avenge for the perceived injustices or slights done to their parents
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- e2le 7mo agoGiven the history of his family, one would expect them to avoid risqué associations and activities. I think it deserves some scrutiny.
- SanjayMehta 7mo agoHe's in good company. MI6 head is Blaise Metreweli whose grandfather was Constantine Dobrowolski, the Nazis' chief informant in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
- penguin_booze 7mo agoApples don't usually fall that far from the tree.
- rsynnott 7mo ago... I'm sorry, what? If this was a political drama, that would be written out on the basis that it wasn't believable.