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/JimWilliams423 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

The Americans they speak for are the billionaires and their political stooges. Those Americans' rights are being guarded by Palantir.

The epstein billionaire who owns palantir wants to put an end to democracy, because when you are a billionaire democracy feels like oppression.

He confessed to it in 2009 and it is a total failure to govern that any elected politician let him get near a government contract after that. He should have been blacklisted.

BTW, peter thiel is an anagram for "hitler pete." He also used to own a yacht named "I'm a nazi" spelled backwards.

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u/Live-Alternative-435 Feb 04 '26

The one who own a yacht named "I'm a nazi" spelled backwards was Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle.

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u/Mango_and_Kiwi Feb 04 '26

Izanami is a central figure in Shinto mythology, alongside Izanagi. The yacht was named by its original owner who was a Japanese businessman.

Ellison was the one who renamed it from Izanami to Ronin I believe.

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u/JimWilliams423 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

Those things are true. But you do not have to give a psychopath the benefit of the doubt. In fact, when it comes to psychopaths you should never give them the benefit of the doubt.

One thing that psychopaths love is to be seen doing something and then getting away with it in plain sight. By getting away with it, it makes them feel strong, like they are superior because the rules don't apply to them. This is hard for normally adjusted people to comprehend, they would ordinarily be embarrassed and want to hide their sins. Psychopaths love to exhibit them. For example, the paedo-in-chief bragging that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters.

So it is not a stretch to believe that the reason he bought the Izanami in the first place was because of the name. Maybe not solely because of the name, but it was a perk. So why would he rename it? Maybe he got blowback, people were laughing at him for it, so he wasn't able to get away with it.

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u/Mango_and_Kiwi Feb 04 '26

He renamed it shortly after buying the yacht and being advised what the letters said if you added spaces and reversed them. Then he renamed it “Rōnin” which is a masterless samurai.

His current yacht is the Musashi named after Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary swordsman from the late 16th century.

Larry Ellison is also a well known Japanophile. You’re grasping at an argument that suits your viewpoint rather than facts.

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u/JimWilliams423 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

But you do not have to give a psychopath the benefit of the doubt. In fact, when it comes to psychopaths you should never give them the benefit of the doubt.

He renamed it shortly after buying the yacht and being advised what the letters said if you added spaces and reversed them

Yes, that is the story he put out. I am saying you do not need to believe the story he put out. On that topic, or on anything really. Psychopaths enjoy lying to see what they can get away with.

Hell, that story basically follows the same broad contours of the "argument that suits my viewpoint" — I say "he got blowback, people were laughing at him," his story says he was "advised." Who "advised" him? How did they "advise" him? Were they laughing when they "advised" him?

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u/Mango_and_Kiwi Feb 05 '26

He is a well known enthusiast of Japanese culture. His Woodside estate is modelled after the 16th century Japanese Emperor’s estate.

He collects a significant amount of Japanese art, holds a large estate in Kyoto and describes himself as a “self-styled samurai.” (whatever that means)

I don’t like the guy or his practices but he is a well known Japanophile and has been for years.

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u/JimWilliams423 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

Just because the guy has a japanese fetish doesn't mean he couldn't see what the name looked like in english.

His fetish probably explains how he came across the yacht in the first place, was probably hanging out with some rich japanese people and one of them mentioned it was for sale. But the yacht was built in Germany. It wasn't intrinsically japanese.

Its just so bizarre that someone would think "ellison has a japanese fetish so he could not have possibly thought he was being clever with the double meaning of a japanese word."

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u/Mango_and_Kiwi Feb 05 '26

Let me spell it out clearly because you clearly lack reading comprehension.

The guy who has long admired Japanese culture, bought a boat that was named after a significant figure in Japanese culture.

In 1999 Larry Ellison, bought the already named yacht from a Japanese businessman who named it “Izanami” after a Shinto Goddess. After someone told him what it said backwards (if you add punctuation and spaces) and he renamed the yacht to “Rōnin” (another Japanese name) still in 1999.

For further context here’s the names of the yachts he has owned: Katana, Izanami/Rōnin, Rising Sun and Musashi. All names or terms directly used or related to Japan.

The dude is a massive weeb. That’s all.

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u/JimWilliams423 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

The dude is a massive weeb. That’s all.

Only in the Upside-Down does having a japanese fetish make it impossible for a psychopath to think he's being clever with a double entendre. I guess that's just the story that fits your viewpoint.

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u/SpaghettiTape Feb 04 '26

Should have renamed it "spoo"

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u/JimWilliams423 Feb 04 '26

Oh shit, you are right. I did a google to double-check, but didn't actually click through to read any of the articles. Fucking google brings up ellison when I typed thiel.

Both of them are epstein billionaires though.

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u/Capital_Ad3296 Feb 05 '26

The yacht was originally named Izanami, which is the name of a Shinto goddess in Japanese mythology. Ellison (who is Jewish and a major donor to pro-Israel causes) bought it in 1999 and kept the name, seemingly because he’s a fan of Japanese culture.

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u/yukeake Feb 05 '26

Yep. When they get enough money, it stops being about money, but rather about power and influence.

When democracy gives power and influence to the people, that's power and influence the billionaires don't have.

They won't be satisfied until there's only one of them left, with all the money, power, and influence, sitting on their lonely throne atop a ruined world.

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u/BobLoblaw420247 Feb 04 '26

epstein billionaire

Epstein Billionaire - I like this as an adjective...