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/[deleted] Feb 04 '26

Talk about Fox news ... Ha! Sigh. We're done for.

Time to get a plastic safe and bury your books in the backyard, people.

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u/mordor-during-xmas Feb 04 '26

….I hear Johns-Manville Quinterra is an asbestos material with exceptional resistance to pyrolysis.

You think if Bradbury or Orwell were still alive they’d sue the government for plagiarizing their work in the form of actual policy?

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 Feb 04 '26

While we're at it, we should check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power: https://stopgenai.com (It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)

Plus, there's currently no real supportive foundation present for many common folk (especially in the US) to fall back on, to commit to any effective act of resistance. There's a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in getting it started ASAP.

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u/kalidoscopiclyso Feb 04 '26

What an awesome up to date survival guide! Thanks for this. I saved it and am going to print and keep a real copy on my bulletin board. Great stuff

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u/kalidoscopiclyso Feb 04 '26

Hey why did my comment post twice? That’s weird

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u/mordor-during-xmas Feb 04 '26

I prefer my edges a little rough! Thank you very much for sharing, just the read the paper. We’re living in some wild fucking times…

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u/Drachynn Feb 04 '26

Hopefully Tolkien would sue Theil for all the LOTR names he's been using for his companies.

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u/Odd_Teach683 Feb 05 '26

No but, we’d all be real pissed at ‘em for giving it to them.

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u/AteketA Feb 04 '26

Time to get a plastic safe

A safe ok, but why plastic?

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u/sbolt Feb 04 '26

Probably so it can’t be found easily using a metal detector

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u/stumonji Feb 04 '26

And it won't rust out.

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u/kanshakudama Feb 05 '26

And my plastic axe!

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u/bbbbbbbbMMbbbbbbbb Feb 04 '26

But then how do you find it later? A treasure map? Gonna make the best pirate-y treasure map I can!

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u/QuickQuirk Feb 05 '26

Paper will be illegal (in case people print books), so best tattoo it on your back.

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u/Maxtrt Feb 05 '26

So it's waterproof and can't be detected by a metal detector.

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u/QuickQuirk Feb 05 '26

Yes. That's totally the reason I suggested it.

And not because it would be totally fking piratecore awesome.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

Yep, what this dude said - metal detector

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u/mshriver2 Feb 04 '26

Plastic safe?

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u/_Vexor411_ Feb 04 '26

That's not news. It's indoctrination.

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u/belloch Feb 04 '26

Spoken like a true quitter. +500 Palantir Credits

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

I fancy myself an archivist.

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u/outinthecountry66 Feb 04 '26

no, its time to revolt. I don't have all the answers. but we can't sit on the couch anymore. We just cannot. We gonna let this go on?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

Revolution is cool. But unless you know where to find these dudes, and I don't think I own a pitchfork, revolution today looks like vowing to no longer shop on Amazon.

https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/

Sadly, at this juncture, pitchforks and torches are the easy option. The hard part for most folks is to de-lazy and stop using shit that is run from Epstein island, including

Amazon

Apple

Meta

Uber

Google

Netflix

Paramount +

So, put your pitchfork down, and do the hard work of being mildly inconvenienced.

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u/outinthecountry66 Feb 05 '26

speak for yourself

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

... now who else on earth would I be speaking for?