US EditionPalantir: Why Its Political Manifesto Is Causing a Stir
The summary frames national service, defense and religion as part of a broader company ideology as Palantir faces criticism over its contracts.
- Palantir Technologies posted a 22-point summary of 'The Technological Republic,' co-authored by CEO Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska, on social media.
- The manifesto emerges as Palantir faces global criticism for its support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its backing of Israeli military actions in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Advocating for hard power, the authors argue tech companies have a 'moral duty' to participate in defense, while claiming some cultures have proven 'middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.'
- Victoria Collins, a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, denounced the manifesto as the 'ramblings of a supervillain' lacking respect for democratic rule of law.
- While the publication may align Palantir with the Trump administration's views, it remains unclear whether this ideological candor helps or hurts the company's government business long-term.
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It seems science fiction, but it is not. The technological giant Palantir published a post on X last Saturday that has caused a real social stir. The publication exceeds 31 million visualizations and is an authoritarian manifesto. The company founded by Peter Thiel and led by Alex Karp explains its way of understanding the world, present and future. We are warned. We should not forget that Palantir is the supplier of the most powerful military A…
We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings
Palantir CEO Alex Karp is a man in charge of one of the most important and frightening companies in the world. Karp's new book, co-written with Nicholas Zamiska, is called "The Technological Republic." After claiming "because we get asked a lot", Palantir posted a 22-point summary of the book that reads like a corporate manifesto. It evokes both weird reactionary shit and also trilby-wearing Reddit comments from the early 2010s Palantir's summar…
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