Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys

Palantir employees should understand that they are not regular employees at a regular company. They are U.S. defense contractors at an U.S. defense company.

Also Palantir customers should understand that by buying Palantir services/products they are doing business with U.S. defense company.

I don't say that this is positive or negative, it just clarifies the relationships and it should set the expectations.

Re: Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys

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Post by jameskilton » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

QuercusMax wrote: post #6

For a company supposedly full of smart people they sure do work hard to turn their brains off

Never underestimate the lengths and depths people will go in the name of a salary.

Re: Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys

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Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

leonidasrup wrote: post #8

Palantir employees should understand that they are not regular employees at a regular company. They are U.S. defense contractors at an U.S. defense company. Also Palantir customers should understand that by buying Palantir services/products they are doing business with U.S. defense company. I don't say that this is positive or negative, it just clarifies the relationships and it should set the expectations.

Yeah, for sure. Defense contracting is as good or bad as the policies of the government which is going to change over time. All else being equal, if we want to live in a safe and successful society we want good/talented people working in defense. The trick is holding the government accountable for its policies and profligate defense spending.