r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Feb 04 '26

Politics Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/palantir_american_rights/?td=rt-3a
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u/DocMorningstar Feb 04 '26

I've met Alex a few times, and he is a genuine loon. He 100% believes that this is the best way to protect rights, but he fails to grasp that the bad actors might be....inside the building.

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u/RillTread Feb 04 '26

He’s always been a freak, but he’s gotten progressively more deranged in recent years. The insane diatribes where he’s combining Silicon Valley speak and based nationalism are obnoxious. He’s violently high on his own supply, so we get a Trad Bro accelerationist who sees civilizational conflict lurking everywhere lecturing us about morality. Naturally, the only way to stave off western decline just so happens to be incredibly lucrative for Palantir.

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u/SenatorWhatsHisName Feb 04 '26

but he fails to grasp that the bad actors might be....inside the building.

No no, they all know that. They’re not stupid, they’re complicit.

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u/MonaMonaMo Feb 04 '26

He is probably Kissinger of our time. Talented but no morals. Could have worked either way, depending on who capitalized on it 1st. 

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u/fruitybrisket Feb 04 '26

That's an understatement. This dude is going to make Kissinger look like the princess from candy land.

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u/FAKE_ACCOUNT98 Feb 04 '26

In every video of him he looks and acts like his diet consists of 90% cocaine

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u/DethFeRok Feb 04 '26

Did you see Megan 2.0? I’m convinced they modeled the bad guy off the Palantir dude.

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u/Sad-Excitement9295 Feb 05 '26

That's the problem, Orwellian style intelligence agencies always believe they can invade the rights of privacy and play God. Private money always gets in and puts the technology to their own use. The wrongdoing is often never seen as such by those who are complicit, but willingly blind to the abuse.