Sad to see this flagged. Articles like these are exactly why I come to HN. Technology does not exist in a moral vacuum! You cannot reasonably keep "politics" away from this site when large tech companies are actively involved in killing people and destroying democracy.
Palantir defends its role in the kill chain
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#52Sad to see this flagged. Articles like these are exactly why I come to HN. Technology does not exist in a moral vacuum! You cannot reasonably keep "politics" away from this site when large tech companies are actively involved in killing people and destroying democracy.
why did this get flagged?
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> > 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. Where are the ginormous protests that happened during the Iraq invasion? Me thinks it was not about right or wrong but fear of a new Vietnam type draft. Now that war has changed there are not similar type of protests because it's the missiles and drones doing the killing
There were a lot of protests over the Iraq war when Congress was voting on it, but Congress hasn’t had a role this time. Who would the protesters be trying to influence?
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#54Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain
#55Karp is the number one enemy of civilised society.
I would unhumorously vote "humans", myself, but even without that, Trump is high on the list. Demagoguery without let or hindrance, addressing a demographic without shame (and now we're back to humans).
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> > 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. Where are the ginormous protests that happened during the Iraq invasion? Me thinks it was not about right or wrong but fear of a new Vietnam type draft. Now that war has changed there are not similar type of protests because it's the missiles and drones doing the killing
The lead up to the Iraq was took a long time, with (to me and a while load of other people) clearly misleading and wrong evidence about WMDs as the justification.
There was no attempt to sway public opinion as to the right or wrong on this one. They just piled in with no warning.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
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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.
10-50 is quite conservative. The current situation can be directly traced more-or-less directly to the CIA-instigated Mosaddegh coup in 1953.
It's also basically never been about freedom or whatever propaganda people are fed each time.
Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain
#58Sad to see this flagged. Articles like these are exactly why I come to HN. Technology does not exist in a moral vacuum! You cannot reasonably keep "politics" away from this site when large tech companies are actively involved in killing people and destroying democracy.
why did this get flagged?
Usually it's either
1. Certain users do not like "political" topics on the front page. But as I said, the very idea of "apolitical" tech news is naive, especially in times like these.
2. Some users want to suppress it because it goes against their own political interests.
Either way, it's a gross misuse of the flag button. I am wondering: are there any consequences for wrongly flagging submissions?
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#59Poor sod. Just imagine the inferiority complexes he must have to be afraid of liberal, democratic women. He’s also a prime example of how a supposedly solid education (Haverford, Stanford, Habermas) or DEI parents don’t necessarily guarantee a well-rounded upbringing.
He said that before he went to Germany, he had underestimated just how German his upbringing had been. I dare not ask what exactly that means.
Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain
#60Karp is the number one enemy of civilised society.
I would unhumorously vote "humans", myself, but even without that, Trump is high on the list. Demagoguery without let or hindrance, addressing a demographic without shame (and now we're back to humans).
Oh yes there’s a good old list going here and it’s a subset of all humans for sure.