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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by epicthundercat@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

"After federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, Palantir workers pressed for answers from leadership on the company’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—and many questioned whether Palantir should be involved with the agency at all. Leadership defended its work as in part improving “ICE’s operational effectiveness."

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 50 points 7 months ago

"Our product is used on occasion to kill people." - Palantir CEO Alex Karp

https://youtu.be/NQ5107TKTBg

[-] 5C5C5C@programming.dev 43 points 7 months ago

Working for Palantir is like working for LexCorp. There's no way anyone is working there without already knowing their work is evil.

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 22 points 7 months ago

It's fascinating to watch all these lawful evil corporations struggle with their alliance with the chaotic evil trump admin.

[-] HermitBee@feddit.uk 17 points 7 months ago

“[...] I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,”

Don't cry about it online. You've discovered your employer is a fucking monster (well done, it took you long enough), now quit.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 11 points 7 months ago

Please dig deeper, Palantir. You never know: If the hole you're in gets deep enough, you might strike oil.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

whats crazy is these here posts and stories are merely ways of palantir to track dissent among humans across digital landscapes

[-] Lag@piefed.world 3 points 7 months ago

Slap me on the list daddy

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 7 points 7 months ago

Well yes we based our company on objects from lord of the rings that were under the control of sauron and yes they were often used for evil. but I think we can agree quigon Jin should have purchased anakin's mother too. they had a thing and the whole shit lord thing could have been avoided but noooo

[-] duffmen@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago

Defend ? Or advertise ?

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

The fact that the company name is like Palantír from LotR.

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