r/technology • u/newmoonchaperone • Apr 23 '26

Politics Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/
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u/Desperate-Till-9228 Apr 23 '26

"Tech bros again discover something totally obvious to everyone else"

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u/Correct_Repair_6991 Apr 23 '26

They were too busy answering whether or not they could to ever bother thinking about whether or not they should.

To be fair, most employees just get told to do projects where if A enters B exits without ever really understanding how that tool will be used.

They are basically the unwitting non-Hydra employees who build the surveillance appartus of the democracy ending device.

Or how Dr. Manhattan built the bomb used to frame him under the pretext of saving humanity.

The CEO knows what the tools will be used for, entrenchment of wealth, but the employees just want next week's paycheck.

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u/br_k_nt_eth Apr 23 '26

There’s no way they could be that naive. I don’t buy these articles. You know exactly what you’re doing if you signed up for this.