Oh, Palantir is ‘progressive’ now, is it?

Elizabeth Lopatto of The Verge responds to Palantir CEO Alex Karp's claim to Politico that he has been a lifelong Democrat and that Palantir's products are "essentially progressive." She dismantles the claim by cataloging a timeline of Karp's statements and actions, including defending U.S. government border and Special Ops policies, quoting Samuel Huntington on organized violence in a shareholder letter, saying Palantir is "making America more lethal," calling Palantir "the first company to be completely anti-woke," saying he spends time talking to "real Nazis," criticizing Democrats for neglecting males, threatening to leave the party if the Mamdani wing takes over, denouncing universities and elite institutions, praising Elon Musk, arguing that the "postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone," and claiming that "all cultures are now equal" and that criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Lopatto concludes by joking that other tech founders seeking a less clumsy political pivot should go to rehab for 90 days and then blame their past statements on drugs, though this would not work for Karp, who insists he does not do drugs.

(Source：The Verge)