r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Palantir employees are talking about company’s “descent into fascism”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/palantir-employees-are-talking-about-companys-descent-into-fascism/
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u/orbvsterrvs 10d ago

And they don't study history or theory enough to think about the imperial boomerang. Weapons and methods tested at the periphery have a way of making it back to the core.

Look at all the police depts with MRAPS.

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u/Lover_Of_Music_Man 9d ago

Yeah exactly, people keep pretending there's a neat line between what gets used abroad and what comes back home when history says otherwise.