Astro Hacker News - CEO Alex Karp says he's a Democrat – and Palantir is 'essentially progressive'

trolleski |next [-]

Beyond comedy!

thiht |next |previous [-]

Absolute psycho

jon128 |next |previous [-]

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

rsynnott |next |previous [-]

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 |next |previous [-]

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 |root |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 |next |previous [-]

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

govert |next |previous [-]

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

defrost |root |parent [-]

Newsflash has just arrived: BB Speech, America now rectified, doubleplusgood, we now go live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipTy_0ETUUE

sheepscreek |next |previous [-]

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

At least he has a good sense of humor.

advisedwang |root |parent [-]

He has expertise on targetting progressives for sure ;)

andsoitis |next |previous [-]

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

Llamamoe |root |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 |root |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 |next |previous [-]

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

DarkNova6 |next |previous [-]

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

reducesuffering |root |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.

AuthAuth |root |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"

sheepscreek |root |parent |previous [-]

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

louiereederson |root |parent [-]

Absurdly unverifiable

Henchman21 |next |previous [-]

We’ve always been at war with East Asia!

deaux |next |previous [-]

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.

dpoloncsak |root |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 |root |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 |previous [-]

too late bro