CEO Alex Karp says he's a Democrat – and Palantir is 'essentially progressive'

lehi 26 points 17 comments November 11, 2026
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nielsbot

too late bro

curuinor

The basic embarrassment of this thing is why business leaders with sense just shut the hell up about the subject. But you have to like, be sober to shut up about such things, so that's Karp excluded right there...

DarkNova6

Is that a white flag? I can't tell because it turns too quickly with the wind.

sheepscreek

> I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet At least he has a good sense of humor.

zombocomvibes

What a crackpot. Watch a video with him or Peter, they're clearly on drugs.

jon128

"As a business man, I had to get along with everybody" ~ Donald J. Trump during the first GOP debate in 2015

trolleski

Beyond comedy!

deaux

He saw Elon Musk purging his X account of any positive mention of the Trump regime and thought he'd join him. I must give it to Elon, he was the quickest to react. Makes sense as he's the most desparate to be liked of all of them. What's next? Larry Elisson says he's monopolized mainstream media and TikTok to promote progressive viewpoints? Zuckerberg says that he's got the whole world addicted to his algorithms and built a shadow profile on everyone so that he can spread progressive ideals in the most personalized, optimal manner? You know what, in this timeline, they might even say that.

govert

"We were always blue!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ukaDuYj3U

Henchman21

We’ve always been at war with East Asia!

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