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Bullshiite.
That video relies on two things: exaggerated body-language jokes and unsupported claims. If someone wants to evaluate Palantir seriously, this isn’t the place to start. It’s comedy, not evidence.
What do you make of that video?
There’s something very wrong with that Karp creature. But hey, Palantir is at the forefront of the surveillance state, so I’m sure you’ve invested wisely.
But Palantir is only part of the surveillance state if you get your news from Jimmy Dore and conspiracy theorists.
If you think Palantir is secretly collecting data on people, that’s simply false. Palantir doesn’t harvest data, doesn’t own data, and can’t unilaterally access anyone’s information. It’s a software platform that organizations use to analyze data they already legally collect.
If you think the government’s data-collection policies are too broad, that’s a debate worth having—but that’s about lawmakers and agencies, not Palantir. Blaming the tool instead of the legal framework confuses the issue.
I put it down to the “restlessness, fidgeting, and excessive energy” that neurodiversity can cause. A lot of very bright, talented people have this restlessness, ie savants.
Which explains the neurotic, full-auto posting, hijacking your own thread... hero worshipping a serpent leeching massive fed.gov contracts.
"Oh but look, he says some kool stuff!"
Shut up and sit down.
LOL.
It’s anti-Christian bigotry by non-Christians who do not identify with Christianity, America or Western civilization.
Don’t think it’s anything else.
In fact, NO ONE is upset about blowing up cartel drug boats. NO ONE really cares if they double-tapped it to kill any survivors.
This is all democrat, anti-Trump media, manufacturing the latest “outrage.” They get a few stupid, controlled political figures to participate, and throw all these manufactured narratives at the wall, to see what sticks.
Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp boasts openly that his company aims “to scare enemies and on occasion kill them.” That is not corporate bravado. That is the ethos of a company that sees itself as an extension of U.S. military power, not a vendor serving a constitutional government.
https://sfl.media/understanding-the-real-dangers-of-the-surveillance-state-palantir-is-constructing/
The Real Dangers of Palantir: How a Silicon Valley Surveillance Empire Threatens Americans
“When you merge military AI, federal data, and billionaire ideologues into a single platform, you’re not protecting democracy — you’re building the operating system for authoritarianism.”
Palantir Technologies, the Peter Thiel founded surveillance giant now fused directly into Trump’s second administration — sits at the crossroads of everything Americans should fear: unregulated artificial intelligence, militarized data analytics, concentrated wealth, and a government openly hostile to dissent. The intersection isn’t metaphorical. It’s literal. And it represents the most aggressive consolidation of surveillance power in modern American history.
A Quiet Federal Takeover Disguised as “Efficiency”
In March, Trump signed an executive order that obliterated decades of legal and bureaucratic firewalls, forcing every federal agency, DHS, DOD, IRS, SSA, HHS, and more to share personal data into a single integrated system. That order handed Palantir the job of building what is essentially the largest, most intrusive domestic intelligence database America has ever attempted.
No debate. No public input. No congressional safeguard. A private company now sits at the center of America’s most sensitive information. The IRS used to guard tax data with religious ferocity. HHS used to operate under strict medical privacy law. DHS used to silo immigration data from domestic policing. Trump bulldozed those lines and Palantir is now the architect of the rubble. Former intelligence officials quietly admit even the CIA never dreamed of this level of access on domestic soil.
Imagine a system that can instantly:
• Pull your tax returns
• Analyze your health claims
• Map your social network
• Scan your political posts
• Detect your travel patterns
• Flag your bank transactions
• Cross-reference it all with law enforcement databases
The U.S. spent two decades building a global counterterror surveillance empire after 9/11. The tools were supposed to be used overseas. But with Trump’s reorganization and Palantir’s centralization, those tools have now turned inward, aimed at the domestic population with unprecedented speed and scope.
This is how democracies tip into digital authoritarianism. Not through dramatic coups, but through administrative “efficiency.”
Palantir now sits at the heart of the federal data pool. Its founders and allies openly disdain democratic governance. Its software was designed to hunt people. Its political partners have spent years calling their opponents “enemies.” History tells us what happens next. Tolkien’s palantír corrupted anyone who used it. Thiel’s Palantir is following the same arc, except this time the “seeing stone” is powered by AI, backed by billionaires, and lodged inside the U.S. government. How this ends is no longer a matter of speculation. It depends entirely on whether the country wakes up to the scale of the threat before the machinery becomes permanent. Because once a surveillance system like this is fully operational, it doesn’t get dismantled. It gets inherited. It gets expanded. And it gets weaponized against whoever stands in the way.
There’s no way that anyone who genuinely believes in the Bill of Rights - can be ok with what Palantir does - at the behest - and with the blessings of, our government.
People who destroy freedom and get paid for it - are not heroes.
You’re repeating a narrative that doesn’t match how Palantir actually works.
Palantir the company does not have access to agency data.
Its software runs inside the agency’s environment. The agency controls all permissions, all access, and all governance. Palantir employees cannot log in and cannot see the data — any more than Microsoft can see your tax returns just because the IRS uses Excel.
The “scare enemies” quote was about deterring foreign adversaries, not spying on Americans.
If someone wants to debate how much data the government should collect, that’s a legitimate policy conversation. But blaming the software vendor — who doesn’t own, harvest, or access the data — is just misdirected.
And just to be clear, I posted the video for investors who follow Palantir. Evaluating senior management by what they say in interviews is part of normal due diligence.
I had the same concerns you’re raising. But after doing a deep dive into how the company actually operates, I found something very different from the conspiracy narrative. If I ever conclude I was wrong, I’ll sell immediately — that’s how investing works.
I appreciate your input. You may turn out to be right. But for now, there’s a lot of rhetoric around Palantir that doesn’t match the technical or legal reality, and that kind of noise can obscure what might be a legitimate investment opportunity worth examining carefully.
Portfolio managers don't "hero worship" CEOs, they subject them to careful analysis.
It's call due diligence.
BTW, the news outlet you quoted from, sfl.media, is one of the smaller outlets that often use Palantir as clickbait because the name guarantees traffic—surveillance fears, CIA rumors, political angles, investor debates, you name it.
The article you linked leans heavily on that dynamic. It doesn’t offer original reporting or technical analysis; it just amplifies the most sensational framing because that drives clicks.
I’m not dismissing your concerns, they are worth consideration, but that source is built to provoke, not to inform.
Or will that give you a headache.
Whadda'n effin troll you are.
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