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I hate to say it, but this is mostly true. reason I hate to say it is because companies like Palantir and Anduril are clearly pursuing political objectives, in
by tessierashpool 16d ago
I hate to say it, but this is mostly true.
reason I hate to say it is because companies like Palantir and Anduril are clearly pursuing political objectives, including subverting governance by creating tools which set the frame and context that governance happens in.
if Palantir and Anduril were observing the same strict separation between political and military matters, and the same strict separation between domestic and foreign activity, that the military itself observes, then the only thing happening here would be the Valley disrupting a poorly-run industry. I have no issue with that. that is what the Valley's supposed to do.
but that's not what's happening.
It's not some 4d chess play by VCs -- this part is just provably false. they're using military contracting as a Trojan horse for some truly crazy shit.
- chasd00 16d ago> Palantir and Anduril are clearly pursuing political objectives How so? I honestly haven't heard this before. I like Anduril's tech and have some friends who work there. I would be excited to work at Anduril but my skills have diverged away from what they do and so I wouldn't make a very good hire.
- tessierashpool 16d agoyou might wonder, reading this, how a person could say "I honestly haven't heard this before" about such a widely-discussed topic, in a thread about that topic, when the OP is a paper about a very closely related topic. it is, under the circumstances, a surprising assertion. the purpose of propaganda is not to convince the ignorant or skeptical, but to exhaust and/or discredit opponents.
- chasd00 15d agoWhat political objectives? The only objective I see with those two companies is making money.
- tessierashpool 15d agoare you being serious? honest question. I assumed you were BSing. they literally published a manifesto. did you not know about that? I guess google them, dude. read the paper you're posting on a thread about. good luck edit: on reflection, I still think he's BSing
- watwut 15d agoThere is LITERAL Palantir manifesto. And Thiels political projects are out there in the open too. Including making of JD Vance.
- Manuel_D 16d ago> companies like Palantir and Anduril are clearly pursuing political objectives, including subverting governance by creating tools which set the frame and context that governance happens in. Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? How are these companies subverting governance?