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Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
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Re: Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
#22For context. This is how it was done during the Manhattan Project. https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Peopl...
Re: Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
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#25Does this mean the execs are now also under the UCMJ?
Re: Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
#26The tech industry is falling in line just as expected. Disgraceful. Don't take orders from a LtCol with zero military experience.
You assume they don't agree.
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#27The tech industry is falling in line just as expected. Disgraceful. Don't take orders from a LtCol with zero military experience.
Nobody is taking orders from these guys. They're advisors.
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#28Old news but worth revisiting. There has been and continues to be open corruption in the Trump administration. If you donate to them and support their political positions blindingly, you get contracts or regulatory help or maybe a lack of regulatory trouble.
A good example is Jensen Huang donating to the ballroom project and Nvidia’s Groq acquisition not being blocked for antitrust. But you see this with many other leaders too. The All In podcast is basically a MAGA podcast now. Many VCs are silent about current events as they hope their portfolio companies get defense contracts.
Re: Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
#29Old (2025), but TOTALLY not fascism at all. For more context: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/1255164460/1a-army-07-03-2025 So, we have a sitting US Senator/astronaut/Navy Vet who is being harassed by the "Secretary" of Defense for making a video telling troop that they can (and must) refuse unconstitutional orders. This tells us a bit about how the administration and DoD view the constitution versus chain-of-command.…
Secretary of “War”
Trump can't change the name of the Department, only the letterhead. Congress would have to change the name. There is no Secretary of War in the USA.
Re: Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
#30The tech industry is falling in line just as expected. Disgraceful. Don't take orders from a LtCol with zero military experience.
To me it reads the other way around, the big money folks in the tech sector are pushing their influence into the military.