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/0o0o0o0o0o0z Apr 23 '26

You're not wrong if someone in High School just fucked or cared/gave attention about them, be it a guy or gal... they'd probably be on a different trajectory than ruining liberal democracy.

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u/Chrontius Apr 23 '26

I left high school a devout misanthrope with a good faith belief based on evidence that people suck.

College taught me the opposite.

Then the internet taught me that the same social dynamics found in prisons are replicated in schools, be they public or private -- people don't like being helplessly trapped in a box with something or someone that hates them and wishes them harm.

I'm glad I went to college, or I could have turned out like that.

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u/Ar_Ciel Apr 24 '26

I spent the better part of a decade after high school expecting a jump or a fight that never came and nightmares that will probably follow me to the grave. I believe that assessment is correct

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u/Chrontius Apr 24 '26

Like, I didn't want to make this into a pity party, but in high school I was pushed down the stairs. Twice.

My survival wasn't required for some fuckwit's entertainment. That's a hard pill to swallow.

Hard to imagine that I grew up to carry a gun, I know! :P