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Palantir develops database software.

… As part of an explicit, openly stated mission to reshape the global political order.

Palantir is indeed in many ways just a software vendor but we shouldn’t downplay that they have a much more explicit agenda than most other companies do in seeking government contracts.

Eh. I mean, the government will do what the government will do with the software it buys. We've just seen that with Anthropic. The US government wouldn't give contracts to Palantir if it seemed like its ideology didn't line up with US aims, and they wouldn't give contracts to other vendors if it seemed like their less ideological marketing meant they weren't aligned with US aims.

1) we’re talking about a UK government contract with Palantir

2) actually historically, and aspirationally, the US government isn’t supposed to be focused on ideological alignment of its vendors - the current government is anomalous and we shouldn’t normalize this.

“Palantir is here to disrupt and make the institutions we partner with the very best in the world and, when it’s necessary, to scare enemies and on occasion kill them,” Karp said, with a smile on his face. The CEO added that he was very proud of the work his firm is doing and that he felt it was good for America. “I’m very happy to have you along for the journey,” he said. “We are crushing it. We are dedicating our company to the service of the West, and the United States of America, and we’re super-proud of the role we play, especially in places we can’t talk about.” [1]

[1] https://gizmodo.com/palantirs-billionaire-ceo-just-cant-stop...

Yes, that’s a bunch of bluster about database software.

No, Palantir is not a "database vendor", it's an intelligence company closely working with IOF in their ongoing genocidal efforts and with DHS with mass deportations.

I'd rather see Oracle than a ghoul openly supporting targeting civilians.

Doesn't Oracle (or at least Larry Ellison) openly support extermination of civilians too?

Not ordinarily, at least not anymore. They cancelled Project Beanstalk in the late 2010s, now relying on the legal system to extract perceived debts.

Never to that extent FWIR but I see your point. Yeah, Oracle is bad too.

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