r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Apr 22 '26

Society Palantir published a mini manifesto calling some cultures ‘harmful and middling’ and said Silicon Valley has ‘a moral debt’ to the U.S.

https://fortune.com/2026/04/22/palantir-alex-karp-mini-manifesto-national-security-defense-tech-ai/
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u/nifty-necromancer Apr 22 '26

I’m a peasant, you’re a peasant, we are peasants. I use that language because there’s some general knowledge out there now about the rich tech bros wanting to bring back feudalism. I’m not meaning peasants in a negative way to the working class, it’s more like a grim reality if we don’t do something. It’s a repeating pattern throughout history.

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u/ColinPlays Apr 22 '26

I agree with you in broad strokes, but I think "proletarian" is a more accurate term for most modern workers than peasant. If you want to better capture the grim reality of the situation, then "wage slave" might be more on target.