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@0xmoneymaxi @RealCandaceO What makes Palantir different from old defense primes like Lockheed or Raytheon is that it doesn’t build weapons, it builds the infrastructure of surveillance. Whoever controls that software ends up controlling how wars are fought, borders are policed, and populations are managed
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Tython Maxthimuth@0xmoneymaxi·
Alex Karp, Peter Thiel, and the Shadow Network Behind Palantir Palantir is often described as Silicon Valley's most unusual success story - a software company that doesn't sell ads or apps, but instead sells governments the tools of power. Its CEO, Alex Karp, has been called eccentric, paranoid, even cult-like. But the real story is who built him up, and what interests Palantir serves. Karp's rise begins with Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor and outspoken pro-Israel libertarian. After PayPal's sale, Thiel handpicked Karp - then a philosophy PhD with no business record - to run a new company that could turn PayPal's fraud-detection algorithms into a mass-scale intelligence platform. Palantir's earliest funding came from Thiel himself and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm. In other words, Palantir was born from the fusion of Silicon Valley money, U.S. intelligence, and elite networks with a clear geopolitical agenda. The company grew by embedding itself in the post-9/11 security state: counterterrorism databases, predictive policing, ICE immigration raids, and battlefield analytics in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its flagship programs today include Army Vantage, Project Maven (AI for drone imagery), Titan (AI-defined vehicles), and NHS England's patient data system. Commercial clients like BP, United Airlines, and hospitals give it a civilian face - but the core business has always been national security. Karp openly embraces this role, casting Palantir as the tech vanguard defending "the West." That includes deepening ties with Israel. Reporting shows Palantir tech has been used in Gaza through "Project Lavender" and other AI-assisted targeting systems. Karp himself has flown to Tel Aviv to reaffirm contracts with the IDF. The alignment is no accident: Thiel and other pro-Israel elites ensured Palantir became not just a U.S. defense contractor, but a pillar of Israel's data-driven warfare. Critics argue this creates a new kind of surveillance empire: predictive policing that disproportionately targets minorities in U.S. cities, voter-manipulation scandals tied to Cambridge Analytica, and battlefield software that reduces human lives to data points. Palantir insists it is saving lives and protecting democracies. Both may be true - and that is the paradox. Palantir's story is not just about a strange CEO with wild quotes and a meme-stock following. It is about how elite capital, intelligence agencies, and pro-Israel networks elevated Alex Karp from philosophy graduate to the face of a new kind of defense industry - one where the product is not fighter jets or missiles, but the total collection, analysis, and weaponization of data.
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Poki@Pokiemane·
peak blockchain technology #Dickbutt
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Tython Maxthimuth@0xmoneymaxi·
You can't make this up Prophacy ?? $DB
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1/4 Black Garrett@QTRBlackGarrett·
Gotta love being in a generation basically priced out of owning land or my own home
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One coin you’re never selling? 👇
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shit is so bleak they got us nostalgic for styrofoam
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Soon they will wake up Hedge with $food
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Tython Maxthimuth@0xmoneymaxi·
@LexaproTrader All you need is a good narrative and the launch pad wont matter $house $food The two most important things in life
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