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I wonder when people will stop being scared to speak out. Is it once they lose their job due to stolen data? Is it once Palantir decides they are a threat and t

I wonder when people will stop being scared to speak out. Is it once they lose their job due to stolen data? Is it once Palantir decides they are a threat and they lose their freedom? Is it once they lose their own land? Is it after starting the 10th war?

crimsoneer 7mo ago
At the risk of stating the obvious, Black Cube is an actual private intelligence firm that sells spy services [1], while Palantir is a software firm that sells software (even if that software is used by intelligence, gov, etc). You can go spin up a free Foundry instance [2] and test it, and it doesn't have secret buttons to imprison people. [1] https://www.blackcube.com/ https://www.blackcube.com/ [2] https://www.palantir.com/developers/ https://www.palantir.com/developers/
- ks2048 7mo ago
  Yes, they are master hackers - they even hacked the scrollbar on their web page.
- kennywinker 7mo ago
  And yet both these technologies are being used to subvert democracy and suppress opposition… almost like it doesn’t need to be fully automated fascism to be fascistic.
  - jschrf 7mo ago
    Kind of them to put the evil right in the name.
- frm88 7mo ago
  From Black Cube's website: Our Code of Ethics was developed together with Prof. Asa Kasher, an internationally acclaimed scholar specialising in philosophy and ethics, who wrote the Code of Ethics for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). From Wikipedia on Prof. Kasher: Kasher states explicitly that it is justified to kill a Palestinian child who is in the company of a hundred 'terrorists', because the 'terrorists' might kill children in Sderot. But in reality, it was a case of killing a hundred children who were in the company of one 'terrorist'." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Kasher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Kasher Ethics code. Got it.
verdverm 7mo ago
NoKings is this weekend, millions are speaking out together
- tremon 7mo ago
  Yes. The problem is, it is only this weekend.
  - verdverm 7mo ago
    1. It's the first of the year, there will be more NoKings 2. There are many more protest besides NoKings 3. Direct Action is better than no action. We only vote once every 1/2/4 years. This helps get people moving, to take their first steps. Case in point, this year I am printing whistles and information
- kelipso 7mo ago
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  - tartoran 7mo ago
    What do you suggest instead?
    - com 7mo ago
      You’ll get crickets. These people don’t want a state of citizens, they want a kingdom of serfs because they think they’ll make it into tiny aristo élite.
    - kelipso 7mo ago
      Actual disruptive protests that have actual goals. Having a roadside party with signs and calling it a protest is just pathetic, ineffective, and embarrassing. These people simply are not serious people.
      - tartoran 7mo ago

crimsoneer 7mo ago

At the risk of stating the obvious, Black Cube is an actual private intelligence firm that sells spy services [1], while Palantir is a software firm that sells software (even if that software is used by intelligence, gov, etc). You can go spin up a free Foundry instance [2] and test it, and it doesn't have secret buttons to imprison people. [1] https://www.blackcube.com/ https://www.blackcube.com/ [2] https://www.palantir.com/developers/ https://www.palantir.com/developers/

ks2048 7mo ago
Yes, they are master hackers - they even hacked the scrollbar on their web page.
kennywinker 7mo ago
And yet both these technologies are being used to subvert democracy and suppress opposition… almost like it doesn’t need to be fully automated fascism to be fascistic.
- jschrf 7mo ago
  Kind of them to put the evil right in the name.
frm88 7mo ago
From Black Cube's website: Our Code of Ethics was developed together with Prof. Asa Kasher, an internationally acclaimed scholar specialising in philosophy and ethics, who wrote the Code of Ethics for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). From Wikipedia on Prof. Kasher: Kasher states explicitly that it is justified to kill a Palestinian child who is in the company of a hundred 'terrorists', because the 'terrorists' might kill children in Sderot. But in reality, it was a case of killing a hundred children who were in the company of one 'terrorist'." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Kasher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Kasher Ethics code. Got it.

verdverm 7mo ago

NoKings is this weekend, millions are speaking out together

tremon 7mo ago
Yes. The problem is, it is only this weekend.
- verdverm 7mo ago
  1. It's the first of the year, there will be more NoKings 2. There are many more protest besides NoKings 3. Direct Action is better than no action. We only vote once every 1/2/4 years. This helps get people moving, to take their first steps. Case in point, this year I am printing whistles and information
kelipso 7mo ago
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- tartoran 7mo ago
  What do you suggest instead?
  - com 7mo ago
    You’ll get crickets. These people don’t want a state of citizens, they want a kingdom of serfs because they think they’ll make it into tiny aristo élite.
  - kelipso 7mo ago
    Actual disruptive protests that have actual goals. Having a roadside party with signs and calling it a protest is just pathetic, ineffective, and embarrassing. These people simply are not serious people.
    - tartoran 7mo ago