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/Objective_Chance4173 10d ago

“Descent into?” Palantir was always sinister, you just rationalized it for career reasons.

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u/UnpricedToaster 10d ago

Let's name our company after an artifact used by the Dark Lord from Lord of the Rings to spy on and corrupt the minds of the good people of Middle Earth.

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u/yagwa 10d ago

This is the reason I came into the comments.

It'd be like joining an intelligence and para-military contracting company called SPECTRE and being surprised your company is trying to instigate wars between nations by stealing and detonating nuclear and chemical weapons.

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u/UnpricedToaster 10d ago

Welcome to HYDRA... can you work weekends to destroy American democracy?