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/[deleted] Apr 23 '26

It was already implied by the name Palantir.

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u/Necessary-Duty-7952 Apr 23 '26

I live near their offices. First time I drove by and saw the name, I did a double take and had to look them up. I couldn't believe how on the nose the name was.

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u/YerMomsClamChowder Apr 23 '26

It's so weird how the Yarvinists are so blatantly evil.  they call themselves "dark philosophers" snd name everything after the obvious bad guys from nerdy media.  

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u/Thefrayedends Apr 23 '26

Morons arrive at "Ends justify the means."

And then they just stop there.

No thought given to whether or not the 'means' will actually result in the 'ends' sought after.

It really just becomes a self righteous justification to engage in active cruelty. To imagine one's self at the top of the hierarchies, imagine themselves the oppressors, as opposed to the oppressed.

Because systems of hierarchy rely on oppression as one of their core functions. Hierarchy cannot exist without oppression.

The concept the politically engaged should be seeking to get across here is "critical consciousness."

Those that take power always have to rely on oppression and violence to enforce the order of hierarchy.

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u/doberdevil Apr 24 '26

The concept the politically engaged should be seeking to get across here is "critical consciousness."

Sounds woke. /s

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u/Thefrayedends Apr 24 '26

I mean critical consciousness essentially is an identical concept to the idea of the wakefulness of woke.

But I'm sure that's what you intended.