alt.hn

4/21/2026 at 4:34:42 PM

Palantir manifesto described as 'ramblings of a supervillain' amid contract fear

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps

by e12e

4/22/2026 at 3:34:13 AM

From the manifesto:

>"only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost"

Ok, so MIC companies do not get to make profit during a war, all relatives of government officials and C-level execs sit in trenches - I am all for it. Wake me up Mr. POS when that happens

by FpUser

4/21/2026 at 5:10:30 PM

<sigh/>

Part of me wonders if Karp might just be mocking recent rants by the Trump & Tech Bro's gang.

Part of me wonders if the UK government could get its sh*t sufficiently together to dump Palantir if he'd actually gone Full Bond Villain, and (say) vowed to forever erase Britain from the face of the earth.

by bell-cot

4/21/2026 at 6:17:09 PM

>Part of me wonders if Karp might just be mocking recent rants by the Trump & Tech Bro's gang.

You haven't been following Palantir in the news in Trump's second term I would wager. This is definitely not the case. If it is, Karp is engaging in a multi-year performance art gimmick.

Palantir and other Big Tech execs were given the rank of Lt. Colonel in the army last year:

https://thegrayzone.com/2025/06/18/palantir-execs-appointed-...

by sillyfluke