uhh... isn't it the ICC/ICJ who determines what is a war crime and what is not? How would making them legal in the US affect the ICC/ICJ in ANY way?
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He's making a great case against whatever business he's in.
Palantir itself is enough of a case to be against the whole thing and anyone involved.
Not according to the governments he contracts with.
Slavery was pretty good for business too I hear.
The quote, from _Star Trek VI:The Undisovered Country __ by Kurtwood Smith as the President of the Federation, "Just because one CAN do a thing, does not necessarily mean one MUST do a thing." I swear, if we quote the Oracle at Delphi any more in humanity, we might seem insane to any extra-terestrial beings. /s?
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34th Rule of Acquisition: War is good for business.
“you would have to make 100% sure of the exact conditions it’s happening in, and in order to do that, the military would have to use Palantir’s technology, for which it pays roughly $10 Billion under its current contract.”
Trump could do the funniest thing - call Palantir essential for national security, buy it under Eminent Domain “at a reasonable price” (let Trump call it 20x forward earnings instead of 220x or ~10% current market cap), and let the competency of the government run it’s course until the whole thing has degraded
Jesus fucking Crapcakes.
Does this guy ever stop and think, "the shit I say is fucking horrible and makes me look like an irredeemable asshole?"
With his shitty hair style, probably not.
Also: Does Palantir have a PR department to tell him how this stuff reflects on the company? Cuz it's baaad.
Are we VC funding target lists because it's illegal to pay for them?!
He’s saying we should codify war crimes as crimes in the constitution so in order to not commit war crimes presidents would need the precision targeting Palantir would provide. That’s the exact opposite of what the title implies.
Having no ethics and morals makes more money in unregulated capitalism, more news at 11
Alex Karp realized only hell was real, leading him to realize that he must be as evil and cruel as possible in this life to secure a seat at Satan’s dining table.
I'll find myself nodding and agreeing with so many of his values in the first half but then there's this sudden hard left like whoa what, chill for a sec man