"Our product is used on occasion to kill people." - Palantir CEO Alex Karp
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Working for Palantir is like working for LexCorp. There's no way anyone is working there without already knowing their work is evil.
It's fascinating to watch all these lawful evil corporations struggle with their alliance with the chaotic evil trump admin.
“[...] I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,”
Don't cry about it online. You've discovered your employer is a fucking monster (well done, it took you long enough), now quit.
Please dig deeper, Palantir. You never know: If the hole you're in gets deep enough, you might strike oil.
whats crazy is these here posts and stories are merely ways of palantir to track dissent among humans across digital landscapes
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Well yes we based our company on objects from lord of the rings that were under the control of sauron and yes they were often used for evil. but I think we can agree quigon Jin should have purchased anakin's mother too. they had a thing and the whole shit lord thing could have been avoided but noooo
The fact that the company name is like Palantír from LotR.
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“Can Palantir put any pressure on ICE at all?” wrote another. “I’ve read stories of folks rounded up who were seeking asylum with no order to leave the country, no criminal record, and consistently check in with authorities. Literally no reason to be rounded up. Surely we aren’t helping do that?”
“Are we the baddies?”
"Listen, guys, we're named after the incredibly evil artifacts of unknowable power used exclusively by the villains of the most famous fantasy series of all time, devices so dangerous that merely touching one will scar you for life. I honestly don't know what you were expecting here? Was the name too subtle? Should we have just gone with Evil Corp like in Mr Robot? I mean, we deal in mass surveillance. You're clearly working for the bad guys. I genuinely do not understand how you convinced yourself otherwise. There is literally no one too evil for us to buddy up with. The more despicable the better, frankly."
wiping Palantir off the face of the earth would benefit all of humanity.
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