Palantir defends its role in the kill chain • Hacker News Board

Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Post by soco » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC

JumpinJack_Cash wrote: post #47

astrashe2 wrote: post #25

Earlier 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

Roman Sheremeta on X: "Before the strikes on Iran, Republican voters were overwhelmingly opposed to U.S. involvement in a conflict between Israel and Iran. A survey by YouGov and The Economist found that only 23% of Republicans supported U.S. military involvement, while 53% opposed it.

However, attitudes shifted almost immediately after Trump ordered U.S. airstrikes on Iran. A survey conducted after Trump’s bombing campaign showed support climbing to 85% among Republicans."

Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Post by jacquesm » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #70

gnabgib wrote: post #61

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This kind of comment violates site guidelines, please review: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

That was a curious conversation. No part of my question was disingenuous, it was an objective-based query.

Gnabgib has completely lost the plot:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47393710

Re: Palantir defends its role in the kill chain

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Post by dudefeliciano » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC

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?

You don't see a problem with a private company selling software as a service to spy on and bomb people? Guys I know we've known about this shit at least since Snowden, but this is not normal and not how things should be run. When you accept these problems as normal modus operandi, you are actually enabling it.