“Palantir gets attacked just because we help make this country even better, because we support the values, because we defend it,” Karp said. “And us being able to win while having an opinion does have an impact on the world, if only because the people who think we are wrong are not good, have to be a little jealous and suffer.”
You know, nobody expects billionaires to be down to earth, but this level of delusional is more than just out of touch billionaire. This is out of touch billionaire who is also blindingly drunk on power.
Before I even got to the part where he actually accused critics of just being jealous, I was already thinking he sounded like a friend of mine who would always jokingly say "You're juss jealouss" when shitfaced, and people warned her to pace herself. Except this guy is not joking.
He has convinced himself that profiting from the destruction of equality and civil liberty is somehow making America great. I fucking hate this guy. Not because I'm jealous, but because he's part of a treasonous coup. If there is any justice, he and everyone else profiting from this shit will go down in history as the Benedict Arnolds they actually are.
Setareh added that private prison companies’ profits come from “the destruction of human lives as directed by the Trump administration and made possible by the majority Congress”.
Don't forget this. They make this possible, and many of them are watching their own investments grow. Every time we support or passively allow them to maintain seats of power, we are also making it possible.