Palantir defends its role in the kill chain: "We are proud of that"

stavros

It must be nice to live in a world where your country is always morally right just because it's your country. It's much simpler that way.

dgxyz

Karp is the number one enemy of civilised society.

some_random

I think a lot of progressives have this huge blind spot right now where they fundamentally cannot empathize with their opponents at all. Of course Palantir is proud of their work, this is basically their raison d'etre. They are not somehow evil and also deeply ashamed of what they're doing, they genuinely think what they are doing is right.

gkoberger

"You're attacking the person who's protecting you – idiot. [..] You may hate this, but there's one person protecting your rights to be a conspiracy theorist that actually has a seat at the table, and that person is me. [..] You may not want to hear that truth, but it's fucking true." The way Alex Karp views himself is scary; he gives himself (and his company) carte blanche when it comes to morality. He's basically become the Jack Nicholson character from A Few Good Men. Yes, America needs technology to succeed. But it can't be unchecked.

smegma2

Not trying to be contrarian here, but I don’t get the problem. What’s wrong with Palantir producing weapons or military intelligence? How is it different from making guns? Is the problem what those things are used for, or is it the way Palantir does it?

geff82

There are always companies profiting from war. When ypu sre one of those, take the money, work silently. But being loud about being proud to be part of a war… this is just disgusting.

spacechild1

Sad to see this flagged. Articles like these are exactly why I come to HN. Technology does not exist in a moral vacuum! You cannot reasonably keep "politics" away from this site when large tech companies are actively involved in killing people and destroying democracy.

cjbenedikt

Poor sod. Just imagine the inferiority complexes he must have to be afraid of liberal, democratic women. He’s also a prime example of how a supposedly solid education (Haverford, Stanford, Habermas) or DEI parents don’t necessarily guarantee a well-rounded upbringing. He said that before he went to Germany, he had underestimated just how German his upbringing had been. I dare not ask what exactly that means.