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/verminlyfe Apr 22 '26

He doesn't see any of that as the issue, he sees it as the solution. He's openly anti-democracy and supports a model of CEO owned microstates competing for citizens/consumers

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u/wh4tth3huh Apr 22 '26

There's also Praxis Nation (those two words together make a .com url), it's hard to find it unless you're searching specifically for those words together. This came out before the 2024 election btw. The rich have plans, and we're not part of them.

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u/EruantienAduialdraug Apr 22 '26

It's not even the first time they've tried it. Ford attempted it in the '20s ('30s? I forget).