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Karasu

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4. This. I will never take the US fucking seriously again until companies like Palantir are dismantled. Their business

Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:12 PM

Apr 21

model and very existence are completely antithetical to “liberty and justice for all.”

Yet the stupid-ass US is taking Thiel, Karp, Musk, Altman, et al’s supervillain psychosis seriously in a way the rest of the world (thankfully) currently is not.

They are the stereotypical unapologetically evil mass surveillance corporation you see in 90% of dystopian science fiction (and hell, comic books) going back 90 years, and people in the ‘“land of the free" are just rolling over and legitimizing this shit every day as they continue to normalize their love affair with fascism.

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Alex Karp's 'Supervillain' Manifesto Is Putting Palantir's Contracts at Risk [View all] highplainsdem Apr 21 OP

FAFO FAFO FAFO eppur_se_muova Apr 21 #1

Meanwhile the US is full throttle on the surveillance state... nt EarthFirst Apr 21 #2

This. I will never take the US fucking seriously again until companies like Palantir are dismantled. Their business Karasu Apr 21 #4

I don't think most people have a clue the extent to which the U.S. economy is an all-in bet on AI. pat_k Friday #8

And it's not getting enough attention. yellow dahlia Apr 30 #6

GOOD let him manifesto his company out of existence Clouds Passing Apr 21 #3

It doesn't 'sound' like the ramblings of a supervillain. OldBaldy1701E Apr 21 #5

Same guy? LudwigPastorius Friday #7