CEO Alex Karp says he's a Democrat – and Palantir is 'essentially progressive'

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▲ CEO Alex Karp says he's a Democrat – and Palantir is 'essentially progressive'(businessinsider.com)

29 points by lehi 20 hours ago | 25 comments

▲ trolleski 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Beyond comedy!

▲ thiht 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Absolute psycho

▲ jon128 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

  "As a business man, I had to get along with everybody"
    ~ Donald J. Trump during the first GOP debate in 2015

▲ rsynnott 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ballroom donors getting nervous.

It’s genuinely hard for me to understand how these companies thought this was going to go. Did they think the obese 80 year old was going to live forever, as dictator?

▲ curuinor 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The basic embarrassment of this thing is why business leaders with sense just shut the hell up about the subject. But you have to like, be sober to shut up about such things, so that's Karp excluded right there...

	▲	steveBK123 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is what I always said re: Musk/VC bros.. You probably wouldn't like how many/most CEOs vote.. its just that they mostly don't talk about it / keep a lower profile so they aren't really public figures. It was interesting watching so many go all-in (pun half intended) as if there would never another party in power again. Very short sighted from supposed future seeing visionaries.

▲ zombocomvibes 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What a crackpot. Watch a video with him or Peter, they're clearly on drugs.

▲ govert 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"We were always blue!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ukaDuYj3U

	▲	defrost 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Newsflash has just arrived: BB Speech, America now rectified, doubleplusgood, we now go live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipTy_0ETUUE

▲ sheepscreek 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet

At least he has a good sense of humor.

	▲	advisedwang 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		He has expertise on targetting progressives for sure ;)

▲ andsoitis 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well, the Democrats when in power will continue the status quo with Palantir, which should tell you everything you need to know

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Llamamoe 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Honestly the US government has been so thoroughly captured by corporate/oligarch interests for enough decades by now that nothing should surprise you.

I'd almost say political leanings barely matter anymore but worldwide most Trump-level disasters seem to be right wing.

	▲	andsoitis 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In this case it is more that the US government (whether it is D or R in charge) find Palantir an effective and useful tool to help keep the state safe. That goes for other governments around the world too.

▲ euroderf 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This would've been more believable a week and a half ago.

▲ DarkNova6 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is that a white flag? I can't tell because it turns too quickly with the wind.

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reducesuffering 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Alex Karp has always thought of himself as progressive. He's liberal on all the social issues and moderate on economic, practically like establishment Dems that voted for the Patriot Act.

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AuthAuth 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He is liberal on a few social issues but he is ideologically opposed to liberalism. He cannot be progressive unless you're on of those people who think progressive is progressing towards an authoritarian "utopia"

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sheepscreek 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Alex Karp knows more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet.

	▲	louiereederson 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Absurdly unverifiable

▲ Henchman21 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We’ve always been at war with East Asia!

▲ deaux 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He saw Elon Musk purging his X account of any positive mention of the Trump regime and thought he'd join him. I must give it to Elon, he was the quickest to react. Makes sense as he's the most desparate to be liked of all of them.

What's next? Larry Elisson says he's monopolized mainstream media and TikTok to promote progressive viewpoints? Zuckerberg says that he's got the whole world addicted to his algorithms and built a shadow profile on everyone so that he can spread progressive ideals in the most personalized, optimal manner?

You know what, in this timeline, they might even say that.

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dpoloncsak 18 hours ago | parent [-]

I agree with the sentiment, but I always got the idea that Zuck was just siding with whoever was in power. It doesn't really feel like, imo, that Meta was designed to spread conservative propaganda...just propaganda in general. Especially not in the league of Larry Elisson...but maybe I'm ignorant of something

	▲	deaux 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think you're right but does it make things better? The duplicitous paper clip maximizer vs the duplicitous ideologue. You can argue for either.

▲ nielsbot 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

too late bro