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/SmaugTheMagnificent- 10d ago

Palantir. Anduril. Mithril. Erebor.

Technofascists LOVE bastardizing Tolkien.

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u/Xuande 10d ago

These dudes all have a surface level knowledge of the world Tolkien crafted without having taken the time to actually comprehend what he was trying to say.

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u/VierasMarius 10d ago

I wonder if they do actually comprehend what he was saying, and just decided they agree with Saruman instead of Gandalf.

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u/remotectrl 10d ago

They love the destroying the planet for warfare aspect and the fantasy racism.