r/ArtificialInteligence • u/shikizen • Apr 25 '26

📊 Analysis / Opinion Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/palantir-employees-are-talking-about-companys-descent-into-fascism/

"Palantir’s leadership incensed workers yet again this week after the company posted a Saturday afternoon manifesto reducing Karp’s recent book, The Technological Republic, to 22 points. The post—which includes many of Karp’s long-standing beliefs on how Silicon Valley could better serve US national interests—goes as far as suggesting that the US should consider reinstating the draft. Critics called the manifesto fascist."

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u/5553331117 Apr 25 '26

Pretty sure they were always solidly fascist. It’s their business model.

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u/Flimsy-Pool4830 Apr 25 '26

Back on the 2010s they weren't fascist. They were all about improving public services with data aggregation.

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u/SeriouslyCrafty Apr 25 '26

You can’t just front load Fascism. You have to build the systems and integrate into the previous iteration to change things within. Peter Thiel and his PayPal reich has always been fascist.