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.
>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:
The post in question (also linked in TFA):
https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312
dupes:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47835490
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845197
Also
Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft (reason.com)
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836463
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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.
>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-...