Ah crap, saw the Palantir manifesto
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@_L1vY_ @leahmcelrath some cultures gave us jazz, others gave us the Holocaust.
@craignicol @L1vY@mstdn.social @leahmcelrath And those same cultures that gave us the Holocaust also stole the jazz.
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@Kierkegaanks It is so, so bad
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 Wandering Hoo / wanderlib
11:21 AM · Apr 19, 2026"9, 18, and 20 scare the shit out of me..."
They're saying they want (even more) no-accountability for the rich and powerful, and they hate it when their heinous crimes and misdeeds are made public despite their wealth and power.
So we know that part's working; keep it up!
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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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#Via Wandering Hoo / wanderlib
11:21 AM · Apr 19, 2026"9, 18, and 20 scare the shit out of me..."
@_L1vY_ I don't know why it still surprises me when an expert in one field is a complete bumbling idiot when they encounter any other topic, but here we are again: computer nerds trying to do policy and ethics and failing in a hundred ways people like me, who studied politics and morality, already discarded centuries ago.
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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@mstdn.social @leahmcelrath Yeah, follows their whole thing would be continuing the fairly fascistic recruitment ad we saw on a college's property into "25-point program" territory.
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They're saying they want (even more) no-accountability for the rich and powerful, and they hate it when their heinous crimes and misdeeds are made public despite their wealth and power.
So we know that part's working; keep it up!
@_L1vY_ yeah that was my take too, those points didn't scare me so much as they made me say
ha! Those greedy entitled jerks are nervous as hell.
The points that truly disgusted me were the "yes- we will build better rifles to kill!!!! That is good!!!" Talk about brainwashed people. Wow.
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@_L1vY_ I don't know why it still surprises me when an expert in one field is a complete bumbling idiot when they encounter any other topic, but here we are again: computer nerds trying to do policy and ethics and failing in a hundred ways people like me, who studied politics and morality, already discarded centuries ago.
@count_01 Behold, you are brilliant in a way that matters
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@BlueDot They want immunity, at least
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@Kierkegaanks I can almost hear the freaky soundtrack for "Annihilation" while reading any of these.
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#Via Wandering Hoo / wanderlib
11:21 AM · Apr 19, 2026"9, 18, and 20 scare the shit out of me..."
#Via Eliot Higgins / eliothiggins
6:22 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Points 9, 18 and 19 go after accountability directly. Scrutiny of public figures is reframed as cultural sickness driving talent away from public life. The problem becomes people scrutinising, not people being scrutinised.
Healthy accountability is triggered by evidence, points upward at power & is public. Disordered accountability protects insiders & aims punishment outward. The document argues for second while calling it the first."
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#Via Eliot Higgins / eliothiggins
6:22 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Points 9, 18 and 19 go after accountability directly. Scrutiny of public figures is reframed as cultural sickness driving talent away from public life. The problem becomes people scrutinising, not people being scrutinised.
Healthy accountability is triggered by evidence, points upward at power & is public. Disordered accountability protects insiders & aims punishment outward. The document argues for second while calling it the first."
#Via Mike Masnick
@mmasnick
10:01 AM · Apr 19, 2026"I've had some friends suggest that there was plausible deniability for people who used to work at Palantir who thought at the time it was just another tech company. I always found that hard to believe as it was always creepy and cultish. But after this... anyone still working there..."
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#Via Mike Masnick
@mmasnick
10:01 AM · Apr 19, 2026"I've had some friends suggest that there was plausible deniability for people who used to work at Palantir who thought at the time it was just another tech company. I always found that hard to believe as it was always creepy and cultish. But after this... anyone still working there..."
#Via Ian Boudreau
@ianboudreau
10:06 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir is a quasi-fundamentalist subversive right-wing movement with a stock symbol."
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#Via Ian Boudreau
@ianboudreau
10:06 AM · Apr 19, 2026"Palantir is a quasi-fundamentalist subversive right-wing movement with a stock symbol."
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#Via StephC / scomea
9:25 AM · Apr 19, 2026"They know they have crossed the Rubicon where they can no longer afford to lose control of the US without facing prosecution. We're in their end game."
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#Via StephC / scomea
9:25 AM · Apr 19, 2026"They know they have crossed the Rubicon where they can no longer afford to lose control of the US without facing prosecution. We're in their end game."
#Via onion person / junlper.beer
12:12 PM · Apr 19, 2026"palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society"
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#Via onion person / junlper.beer
12:12 PM · Apr 19, 2026"palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society"
#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."
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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."
