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Palantir manifesto described as 'ramblings of a supervillain' amid contract fear
- e12e 6mo agoThe post in question (also linked in TFA): https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312 https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312
- bell-cot 6mo ago<sigh/> Part of me wonders if Karp might just be mocking recent rants by the Trump & Tech Bro's gang. Part of me wonders if the UK government could get its sh*t sufficiently together to dump Palantir if he'd actually gone Full Bond Villain, and (say) vowed to forever erase Britain from the face of the earth.
- sillyfluke 6mo ago>Part of me wonders if Karp might just be mocking recent rants by the Trump & Tech Bro's gang. You haven't been following Palantir in the news in Trump's second term I would wager. This is definitely not the case. If it is, Karp is engaging in a multi-year performance art gimmick. Palantir and other Big Tech execs were given the rank of Lt. Colonel in the army last year: https://thegrayzone.com/2025/06/18/palantir-execs-appointed-colonels/ https://thegrayzone.com/2025/06/18/palantir-execs-appointed-...
- sillyfluke 6mo agodupes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47835490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47835490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845197 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845197
- sillywalk 6mo agoAlso Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft (reason.com) 218 points by tcp_handshaker 1 day ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 233 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836463
- FpUser 6mo agoFrom the manifesto: >"only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost" Ok, so MIC companies do not get to make profit during a war, all relatives of government officials and C-level execs sit in trenches - I am all for it. Wake me up Mr. POS when that happens