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Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Post by throwaway27448 »

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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Khomeini died almost forty years ago

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Post by schrectacular »

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.

Sadly I would argue that most do, about most of the things, most of the time. See the Propaganda Model.

Things like Iran are sadly the exception, as far as my experience goes.

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Post by rayiner »

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.

That’s not the operative principle in a democracy where people with many different moral ideologies must cooperate under the banner of a single government.

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Post by lyu07282 »

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.

most people probably agree with that, but only until you mention a specific example then people loose their minds.

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Post by lyu07282 »

bibimsz wrote: post #22
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 jjj123 »

bigyabai wrote: post #18
some_random wrote: post #5

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I've read this comment so many times, and every time posterity proves it wrong: > Of course [FTX/Theranos/Boeing/Turing Pharma] is proud of their work [...] they genuinely think what they're doing is right.

Is your point here that people who do wrong always or usually know they’re doing something wrong? If it is, I disagree. Most things I consider morally abhorrent are justifiable under some morality system. And I think for most humans, it’s easier to believe you’re one of the good guys than one of the bad guys.

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Post by bigyabai »

bibimsz wrote: post #36
bigyabai wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nor are you right for denying the accusation.

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If you can conclusively prove that liberals are evil, be my guest. Give me your rhetorical coup-de-grace that annihilates half of America's voting bloc.

Even the Nazis retained the ability to judge their opponents when WWII ended. Pity that their opponents were hangmen that wanted them to answer for murder.

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