Fear is the most dangerous of human emotions. Fear makes us stupid, compliant, and cruel.

The US's power comes from its ability to project organized violence? What was Vietnam then? And what would have come of the Vietnam era if people could be individually and effortlessly targeted in their daily lives for going against it?

> African American artist mother

I had no idea Alex Karp was black.

Anyhow:

> On CNBC’s Squawk Box, he shook both fists simultaneously as he railed against short sellers betting against Palantir, whose share price has climbed nearly 600% in the past year: “It’s super triggering,” he complained. “Why do they have to go after us?”

This and a few other sections make me wonder how much introspection the guy has and whether he ever concedes that he is wrong.

this guy allows other people to invest money into killing others, mostly it'a arabs so far but yet again he looks like a chosen one. I hope his shit crashes

Palantir is along with SpaceX, Anduril, and a few others some of the most important companies in America. They are the ones that are pushing America forward. Not selling ads. But upsetting the incumbents that are undermining the DoD and national security, and making real technical progress. These are the companies that if it comes to war are going to be pushing us forward.

I can assure you its tai chi stance on the picture is absolutely wrong.

arms way too open, body weight on both legs, right arm should not be bended, distance between two feet is way to long, left hand should be pointing up, etc.

> Fear really drives him

This is very common in the defense and national security industries

> Palantir is firmly cemented into military-industrial infrastructure, and business is booming, but Karp is not letting up. He has said he wants Palantir to be as dominant and indispensable as IBM was in the 1960s, when it was the world’s largest computing company and shaped the way government and private companies did business.

I was thinking even before this line that he gives off the impression of really admiring IBM, especially their German stint from 1933 to 1945.

The headline seems a bit weird, the article later on goes to acknowledge what Karp is actually fearing, namely fascism, which he sees as an existential threat to him personally.

It also seems to be a bit weird to exclude his intellectual heritage, he got his PhD under Jürgen Habermas who is one of the best known anti fascist and pro liberal democracy scholars in Germany.

A recurring theme in reading about Thiel, Karp and their supporters is a sort of "kill or be killed" mentality - implied if not stated outright. Likewise I've seen people say things like "well the other side was doing X anyway, so we should do it to them". It's disturbing to watch how easily fear and anger can be wielded to justify anything. Future generations, if they are lucky enough to learn from us, may well identify our addiction to anger as the great sin of our time.