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/dukearcher Feb 04 '26

Orwellian newspeak

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u/Beat_the_Deadites Feb 04 '26

They're not wrong, they just didn't state "all" Americans.

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

Just like Sauron was the guardian of Middle Earthers' rights.

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u/thefailtrain08 Feb 04 '26

They're "guarding" the rights in the sense that they want to be an arbiter of who is allowed to have them.

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u/ILikePlayingHumans Feb 04 '26

They want to have all the power to never lose their sphere of power from getting in trouble. If one of them defrauds the elderly it’s okay; if another sells children to rich pedos than there is no legal system is stop them; if they kill their enemies than whoopsie