They're probably not being sarcastic. Wrong, and ppssibly evil, but not sarcastic. There are some weirdly big Palantir fans on HN. No clue what drives them, but I'm guessing they're not keen students of history.

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3stacks 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It falls under the "social outreach" line item I believe

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holistio 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

...or Tolkien.

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dzhiurgis 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	wartywhoa23 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Like leather-boot-head-stomping justice?
	▲	Intermernet 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Benn Jordan did a video recently where he showed Flock cameras, which were hackable, pointing at children's playgrounds. Who is stalking the children?
	▲	jasminejazzer an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Palantir is a child stalker tool.