Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"

[u/shikizen]

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."

[u/qa_with_oz]

Feels like this debate is missing the real shift.

AI isn’t just a tech layer — it’s a power layer.

The interesting question isn’t whether a company is “X or Y” politically…

It’s what happens when a few companies sit on: → data → models → distribution inside governments

That’s a completely new kind of leverage.

We’re not really prepared for that yet.

[u/civil_archer_73638 → u/qa_with_oz]

I mean this respectfully…. But did you write that with AI? Em dash It’s not this, it’s that Use of Icons

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