Ah crap, saw the Palantir manifesto
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I can't get past this one, freedom through authoritarianism:
4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. -
#Via Dr. Damien P. Williams
@Wolven
11:08 AM · Apr 19, 2026"I really wish more people had paid attention when several observers tried to warn about the technofascist and eugenicist tendencies of thiel and karp and that group, for rolling up on two decades, now.
And i *Really* wish the media & political actors would take the threat of them seriously, today."
#Via Killswitch / iamkillswitch
11:13 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir is trending. There's the techno arm of global fascism and probably behind every single surveillance bill whether it's disguised as child safety or not."
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#Via Killswitch / iamkillswitch
11:13 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir is trending. There's the techno arm of global fascism and probably behind every single surveillance bill whether it's disguised as child safety or not."
#Via Kat Tenbarge
@kattenbarge
11:12 AM · Apr 19, 2026"At a time when mass surveillance and autonomous weapons companies like Palantir are openly announcing their plans for violent world domination, it is crucial that our attempts at 'big tech reform' don’t actually give them more power—ie via government mandated age verification/identity software."
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#Via Killswitch / iamkillswitch
11:13 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir is trending. There's the techno arm of global fascism and probably behind every single surveillance bill whether it's disguised as child safety or not."
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#Via Wandering Hoo / wanderlib
11:21 AM · Apr 19, 2026"9, 18, and 20 scare the shit out of me..."
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@wronglang How dare we hold them to account for anything
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#Via Leah McElrath
@leahmcelrath
8:38 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir released what it describes as a vision for 'The Technological Republic' in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry.
These points stand out:"
@_L1vY_ @leahmcelrath Link, please? I'm finding articles about it but not the manifesto itself.
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@wronglang How dare we hold them to account for anything
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@_L1vY_ @leahmcelrath Link, please? I'm finding articles about it but not the manifesto itself.
@msbellows There's a link to the thread reader in the very next post.
(If you want to go directly to X to see the actual post you probably can via the thread reader, but I'm not posting X links here!)
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@msbellows There's a link to the thread reader in the very next post.
(If you want to go directly to X to see the actual post you probably can via the thread reader, but I'm not posting X links here!)
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#Via Leah McElrath
@leahmcelrath
8:38 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir released what it describes as a vision for 'The Technological Republic' in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry.
These points stand out:"
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@msbellows You are not alone in that!
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