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Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Post by bcrosby95 »

avazhi wrote: post #16
gkoberger wrote: post #6

"You're attacking the person who's protecting you – idiot. [..] You may hate this, but there's one person protecting your rights to be a conspiracy theorist that actually has a seat at the table, and that person is me. [..] You may not want to hear that truth, but it's fucking true." The way Alex Karp views himself is scary; he gives himself (and his company) carte blanche when it comes to morality. He's basically be…

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You're misreading the hesitation about going into places like Iran.

It's not because we think the regime is/was good, but rather because of the completely predictable next 10-50 years of shit we're going to experience as a result.

Regime change is hard and oftentimes has the opposite effect of what you want. For example, see the current Iran regime.

Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Post by bibimsz »

smegma2 wrote: post #7

Not trying to be contrarian here, but I don’t get the problem. What’s wrong with Palantir producing weapons or military intelligence? How is it different from making guns? Is the problem what those things are used for, or is it the way Palantir does it?

liberals have no problem with killing, they just want to be the ones doing it.

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Post by sifar »

avazhi wrote: post #16
gkoberger wrote: post #6

"You're attacking the person who's protecting you – idiot. [..] You may hate this, but there's one person protecting your rights to be a conspiracy theorist that actually has a seat at the table, and that person is me. [..] You may not want to hear that truth, but it's fucking true." The way Alex Karp views himself is scary; he gives himself (and his company) carte blanche when it comes to morality. He's basically be…

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It is not a binary choice. This is the greatest illusion people in power manage to create, there are only two choices - pro or anti.

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Post by astrashe2 »

stavros wrote: post #2

It must be nice to live in a world where your country is always morally right just because it's your country. It's much simpler that way.

It doesn't change the reality of what's happening, so I don't think this is worth much, but most people here don't think that.

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Post by stavros »

astrashe2 wrote: post #25
stavros wrote: post #2

It must be nice to live in a world where your country is always morally right just because it's your country. It's much simpler that way.

It doesn't change the reality of what's happening, so I don't think this is worth much, but most people here don't think that.

I know, I was talking about Karp.

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Post by bibimsz »

iammjm wrote: post #9
some_random wrote: post #5

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So what? I don't really care if you are proud of your work if I think you work is objectively evil. I imagine the designers of the Auschwitz's gas chambers were also proud of their "good" work. Yeah I ain't empathizing with them either and you can call that a "blind spot"

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Post by throwaway27448 »

smegma2 wrote: post #7

Not trying to be contrarian here, but I don’t get the problem. What’s wrong with Palantir producing weapons or military intelligence? How is it different from making guns? Is the problem what those things are used for, or is it the way Palantir does it?

I don't know. What's wrong with being a serial killer?

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Post by bigyabai »

bibimsz wrote: post #27
iammjm wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what? I don't really care if you are proud of your work if I think you work is objectively evil. I imagine the designers of the Auschwitz's gas chambers were also proud of their "good" work. Yeah I ain't empathizing with them either and you can call that a "blind spot"

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Nor are you right for denying the accusation.
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