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The people controlling Palantir are openly anti-democratic. They see technology as a means of controlling and ruling the common folk. They said so, repeatedly,
by schubidubiduba 6mo ago
The people controlling Palantir are openly anti-democratic. They see technology as a means of controlling and ruling the common folk. They said so, repeatedly, in public, of their own volition.
- Manuel_D 6mo agoCan you point to where they have said so? The only one that comes to mind is Thiel's quote from 2009 about democracy being incompatible worth freedom (the populace will vote to remove freedoms, e.g. try to ban AI or other technological advances and whatnot). But pointing out flaws in democracy is a far cry from actual wanting to get rid of democracy. If he's stated an actual intent to end democracy in the US, it'd be good to cite that.
- frm88 6mo agohttps://sfl.media/peter-thiel-isnt-anti-democracy-hes-post-democracy/ https://sfl.media/peter-thiel-isnt-anti-democracy-hes-post-d... His vision of statehood is autocratic in that he emphasises efficiency and progress which can only be achieved via a CEO-like government. Please watch the interview with Joe Rogan.
- Manuel_D 6mo agoThe only quote from Thiel in that piece is the same "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible" I wrote about in my comment.