Comment by Manuel_D
4 days ago
Yes, the objections to Palantir are mostly just partisan politics. Efforts to portray Karp or Thiel as especially dangerous usually involves some taking some quote and applying a massive leap in logic.
Like, Thiel says that it's easier to change the world by inventing new technology than through democracy. And people turn around and try quote this to prop up the claim that he wants to abolish democracy.
> says that it's easier to change the world by inventing new technology than through democracy
It had a better ring to it to me when Buckminster Fuller said essentially this. He was trying to do it through design rather than control.
its not partisan politics when both partisan parties increase their use of palantir
the actual partisan politics of freedom and making the government's job harder is entirely left out of the politics
when the billionaires own all of the politicians, thats not particularly surprising
Is making the government's job hard a good thing? If medicare delivers care half as good as it could have been, that's a good thing? If fraudsters go unchecked because the FBI is stymied, is the country better off?
>Is making the government's job hard a good thing?
Maybe. The government performing its functions more is not necessarily a good thing. What if the government has decided that some of its functions involve torturing prisoners, or disappearing people?
It's strange that you would ask this question like the answer would be an uncontroversial no.