I'm the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army
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#42AI by proxy just joined the army.
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#43This article is clearly written with an attempt to frame this as a purely patriotic and yet somehow an apolitical ideological decision, but it reads as incredibly fascistic.
> incredibly fascistic.
What do you mean by this? Is its some feeling you have or do you have any objective measure?
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#44What a joke - they couldn't 'serve' their advisory roles without playing dress-up and commissioning directly as Lt Cols?
Officially-sanctioned stolen valor.
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#45Re: I'm the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
>stolen valor ... is a term with a specific definition, which a direct commission officer in no way matches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_commission_officer > >roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts Neither have you, yet you presume to speak on their behalf.
It might not be stolen valor, but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status, the Honor and Sacrifice of these Great Men, (the article is already an example of this) when really this is just a trojan horse to enrich themselves and their companies. They're not even full time positions.
>It might not be stolen valor
It is, or isn't.
In this case, it ain't.
>but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status
How do you have such a surplus of outrage, that you can freely spend it on something that so far has only happened in your mind?
>They're not even full time positions.
Yes, that's the definition of a reserve commission.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a long history of direct commission oficers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_commission_officer > in the military.
* In times of war. This ain't it.
If you'd bothered to actually read the link I cited, you'd have seen that direct commissions occur during and outside of wartime.
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#48A takeaway I have is that the US and UK are now very actively and strongly preparing for a world war.
That's probably how Trump says in office indefinitely and makes money off it: either start a giant, unnecessary war and/or push the home front to riot. Cutting Ukraine aid to zero may be part of undermining their efforts so a wider war between NATO and Russia happens, where US might leave NATO and side with Russia.
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#49Re: I'm the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you'd bothered to actually read the link I cited, you'd have seen that direct commissions occur during and outside of wartime.
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I'll take that as your tacit acknowledgement of not having known of the existence of direct commissions before your outrage got ginned up to the appropriate level. I bet you also think that a president using both the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest is, like, totally unprecedented and omg 100% Nazi.