Comment by cjs_ac

10 hours ago

TIL that the head of Palantir's UK arm is the grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley, founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.

Sins of the father are not sins of the (grand)son.

  • You'd be surprised how often the beliefs of the father/grandfather are those of the son/grandson, not to mention how often they feel the need to avenge for the perceived injustices or slights done to their parents

  • Given the history of his family, one would expect them to avoid risqué associations and activities. I think it deserves some scrutiny.

... I'm sorry, what?

If this was a political drama, that would be written out on the basis that it wasn't believable.

He's in good company.

MI6 head is Blaise Metreweli whose grandfather was Constantine Dobrowolski, the Nazis' chief informant in Chernihiv, Ukraine.