Could it be people dislike him because he enables anti-democratic capabilities like mass domestic surveillance, and enthusiastically supports an administration with little regard for the law?

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kypro 7 hours ago | parent [-]

What's the argument though, no security clearance for people who have the wrong politics?

Also, Palantir only works with democratic countries for a reason... They might provide "anti-democratic capabilities", but by that definition any defence company or AI company wouldn't be liable for security clearance because they also provide capabilities which could be used in anti-democratic ways.

	▲	krupan 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"What's the argument though, no security clearance for people who have the wrong politics?" Absolutely! It shouldn't be based on Democrat or Republican politics, but promoting politics that undermine the Constitution absolutely should disqualify you from getting a security clearance
	▲	dragonwriter 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> Also, Palantir only works with democratic countries for a reason Because democracy is the target they are aimed against, as Peter Thiel has openly said that he views “freedom”, the ideal he seeks (and which he clearly defines in an unusual way), as fundamentally incompatible with democracy. It’s the fascist version of the old communist adage about capitalist democracies selling you the rope with which you will hang them, only in the fascist version the democracy buys the rope from you and hangs themself with it.
	▲	xvector 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Palantir only works with democratic countries Irrelevant when the administrations of these countries have zero regard for constitutional rights. > no security clearance for people who have the wrong politics? Yup, seems to be Karp's and the government's own opinion re Anthropic.