The surveillance giant has exploded in value as it’s scored massive contracts from the Trump administration.
Major military contractor and surveillance giant Palantir has posted a chilling manifesto on social media that calls for tech companies like itself to play a larger role in a dystopian future where imperialist and white supremacist powers are unleashed and Americans are increasingly subject to the whims of the surveillance state.
The post contains 22 points it says were summarized from a 2025 book, The Technological Republic, written by Palantir co-founder Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska, head of corporate affairs and legal counsel to the company’s CEO.
The company, also co-founded by Peter Thiel, says that the U.S. should adopt mandatory national military service on a “universal” basis. The military’s needs should be prioritized above all because “the ability of free and democratic societies to prevail … requires hard power,” rather than soft power.
I will give trump credit for one thing, he made it socially acceptable for the fascists to come out of the closet. They don’t even bother to hide it anymore.
When Obama was elected I just figured the usa was done with all this shit. I was wrong and very naive.
I, naively, thought the first Trump win was the last gasp of these people. Like, Obama’s election was the writing on the wall that the USA was moving on and the creeps woke up pulled out a win because decent people were contentedly lazy having achieved some progress.
Now, it seems more like a shingles flare up that can’t be controlled. The dormant fear/hate virus has emerged from the national nervous system but the defenses against it have atrophied.
“If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket.” — Lyndon B. Johnson
Still is working really well all these years later.