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LudwigPastorius

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15. He's talking about how to sell TechnoFascism to the American public.

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:09 AM

Mar 13

i.e. If you AI companies want to continue to grow and profit, you're going to have to offer the Government and the Military Industrial Complex your product without guardrails, and you're going to have to frame this as the ONLY WAY to maintain "truth, justice, and the American way".

Karp, besides currently providing the government with snooping software for total information awareness, is all in on developing autonomous AI weapons in the name of defending "Western values".

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp wants new AI technology to "disrupt humanity's train" [View all] New Breed Leader Mar 12 OP

Project 2025's dweller Mar 12 #1

Dangerous delusional futuristic Bond villain. yellow dahlia Mar 12 #2

He should be careful JBTaurus83 Mar 12 #3

I can't even understand what he's talking about bucolic_frolic Mar 12 #4

He's marking most of us for eventual "deletion" durablend Mar 12 #10

Great quote about Karp seen on bsky... AStern Mar 12 #5

How about we replace sociopathic CEOs with JCMach1 Mar 12 #9

how about not handing over power to any AI agents, no matter how benign eShirl Mar 13 #17

Post removed Post removed Mar 12 #12

Maybe start looking at these types as terrorists. miyazaki Mar 12 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass Mar 12 #7

We are living a movie. This guy could play any character in the Moutainhead. These megalomaniacs don't c Pisces Mar 12 #8

Don't worry, Jared is building the genocidal oligarchs their own tax free, futuristic utopia on the ruins of Gaza. Initech Mar 12 #14

Could anyone explain step by step how he plans to do this? Baitball Blogger Mar 12 #11

Most jobs will be manual labor, college degrees will not be needed as AI will do most of the white collar work. Pisces Mar 13 #16

Thank you. Baitball Blogger Mar 13 #18

The fact that multiple high profile MAGAs own stock in this horrible company should be a five alarm fire. Initech Mar 12 #13

He's talking about how to sell TechnoFascism to the American public. LudwigPastorius Mar 13 #15

Capitalism's Endpoint Kid Berwyn Mar 13 #19

It's CIA Blue Full Moon Mar 13 #20

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