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Reflections on Palantir

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479 points freditup | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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botanical[dead post] ◴[17 Oct 24 03:30 UTC] No.41866170[source]▶
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forgotoldacc ◴[17 Oct 24 03:35 UTC] No.41866198[source]▶
There was an interview somewhat recently where someone asked his connection to Israel's military, and he squirmed and rapidly stuttered in sheer terror for about 15 seconds before he finally put together a sentence where he said something like "I'm not allowed to criticize Israel." It was weird seeing one of the richest men on earth suddenly have absolute fear in his eyes and talking like he had a gun to his back.

Twitter has since had the videos wiped, but I'm sure they're still out there somewhere. I've seen other people like Zuckerberg dodge questions, but I've never seen a man with such wealth and power suddenly become so completely terrified.

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ilrwbwrkhv ◴[17 Oct 24 07:25 UTC] No.41867240[source]▶
I have seen the same from Marc Andreessen. They do not know the Faustian bargain they have struck. It will consume their very souls.
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tucnak ◴[17 Oct 24 12:13 UTC] No.41868903[source]▶
What does it have to do with Faust? Israel is not a superhuman thing of any kind, and it doesn't possess superhuman knowledge.
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1. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[18 Oct 24 01:08 UTC] No.41875477[source]▶
Oh you seem to misunderstand. They are all clamoring for a seat at the table. It is easy to buy seats from one side of the political sphere. They do not understand that they will be kicked to the ground, once they get what they need.
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2. tucnak ◴[18 Oct 24 15:42 UTC] No.41880451[source]▶
I think they may be far-gone in the sense that they themselves don't really believe they got a chance at the seat. Similar to how the communists are unhappy because despite everything, including personal fortunes and successes, deep down a communist believer sees himself as incomplete, insufficient, uncommitted. He may make some money, acquire influence, respect of his peers, perhaps even his bosses—and yet, he would in his own eyes remain a proletariat still, self-despised for allowing himself to be exploited so.

Had they truly believed they were not impotent, they wouldn't obsess over business-men.