Yesterday Palantir posted a manifesto summarizing a book by its crazy CEO, Alex Karp. Link to Threadreader page.
I'm not going to post all of it here, or the tweet. It's easier to read with this link:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2045574398573453312.html
I want you to see it because this is the crazy ideology behind the company. This manifesto is getting widely condemned by sane people on both X and Bluesky.
Tech journalist Gil Duran's response to it on X this morning:
@gilduran76
TLDR: Fascism
Because we get asked a lot.
The Technological Republic, in brief.
1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its...
8:35 AM · Apr 19, 2026 · 5,233 Views
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Bat-shit, dog house, bag of weasels crazy…..🤪
Let me see if I can summarize; it sucks that 80% or more people on earth have not seen a world war. Everyone needs to be in the military, get rid of volunteer service. Civil service is bad, we pay them too much. Billionaires need to be listened to, not just ignored while they make more money. We don’t need our enemies to fear nuclear weapons anymore, we need them to fear AI.
Yea, so…..
Eat shit and die motherfuckers….
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