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Palantir must be stopped.
Palantir@PalantirTech
Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. 5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed. 6. National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost. 7. If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software. We should as a country be capable of continuing a debate about the appropriateness of military action abroad while remaining unflinching in our commitment to those we have asked to step into harm’s way. 8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive. 9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 10. The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to the political arena to nourish their soul and sense of self, who rely too heavily on their internal life finding expression in people they may never meet, will be left disappointed. 11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice. 12. The atomic age is ending. One age of deterrence, the atomic age, is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin. 13. No other country in the history of the world has advanced progressive values more than this one. The United States is far from perfect. But it is easy to forget how much more opportunity exists in this country for those who are not hereditary elites than in any other nation on the planet. 14. American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace. Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some version of peace has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least three generations — billions of people and their children and now grandchildren — have never known a world war. 15. The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone. The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. A similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism will, if maintained, also threaten to shift the balance of power in Asia. 16. We should applaud those who attempt to build where the market has failed to act. The culture almost snickers at Musk’s interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . . . . Any curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn. 17. Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime. Many politicians across the United States have essentially shrugged when it comes to violent crime, abandoning any serious efforts to address the problem or take on any risk with their constituencies or donors in coming up with solutions and experiments in what should be a desperate bid to save lives. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within. 19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all. 20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted. The elite’s intolerance of religious belief is perhaps one of the most telling signs that its political project constitutes a less open intellectual movement than many within it would claim. 21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what? Excerpts from the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West, by Alexander C. Karp & Nicholas W. Zamiska techrepublicbook.com
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@PalantirTech Palantir wants to institute a draft (6), give the Epstein class MORE power and protection (9,16,18,19), use AI as NUCLEAR WEAPONS (12), police your thoughts (17), and replace you with H-1Bs (13)
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DEVELOPING: 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Iran REJECTS second round of peace talks with the US, despite Trump's power plants threat
Tehran accuses the US of 'excessive demands' and blamed its ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for its absence, according to Iranian state IRNA news agency.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 NEW IRAN LEGO MOVIE ON THE CLOSURE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
“Strait of Hormuz still closed, open only when Imam Khamenei says so, not by your tweets, not by some idiots post”
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PROFESSOR MARANDI SAYS THE WAR WILL LIKELY RESTART “I believe Trump is probably saying all this nonsense about agreements with Iran so that he can later claim, "Iran didn't keep its promises".
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When America threatened to bomb Iran's bridges, Iranian mothers took their kids and stood on them. Iran's Speaker of Parliament on what he saw:
"The women of this nation were more courageous than us men. I was ashamed before them."
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🇧🇷🇮🇶 Brazilian President Lula:
The invasion of Iraq was a lie. Where are the weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein supposedly had? They were never found.
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🚨Israel’s War on Gaza’s Women and Girls
More than 38,000 women and girls have been killed by Israel in Gaza.
A UN Women report warns that violations continue, and the ceasefire has failed to stop the ongoing toll on civilians.
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@MarioNawfal These Israelis are animals. They don't deserve to be called humans anymore. Israeli animals
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🇮🇱🇵🇸Holy shit, Haaretz published a list of atrocities Israeli soldiers did and saw in Gaza, and the details are stomach churning:
• Soldiers pissing on a bound, blindfolded detainee while laughing and joking about October 7
• Interrogators torturing detainees by tying cable ties around their genitals
• An officer executing an unarmed Palestinian who had surrendered with hands up, then covering it up as a “terrorist killed”
• Widespread excitement in units over “special means” used to kill people in tunnels, while one soldier said it reminded him of the Holocaust
• A tank gunning down five Palestinians crossing a line (four killed), followed by a D9 bulldozer burying the bodies in sand
• Soldiers opening fire on unarmed civilians, including an old man and three teenage boys who turned out to be completely unarmed
• Looting Palestinian homes, burning photos, and urinating on personal belongings for fun
The impact back home has been brutal.
Soldiers are throwing out mirrors because they can’t look at themselves.
Others are breaking down crying in public. Many are struggling with suicidal thoughts, shame, and nightmares.
These soldiers will carry this for decades.
Heavy, painful reading.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇱🇵🇸 In 2024, Hala Khreis was holding a white flag and walking with her grandson in northern Gaza. They were walking along a route that had been declared safe by the IDF, yet an Israeli sniper shot and killed her. Never forget Gaza.
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They are pure evil, monstrous in their cruelty. They’re humiliating and torturing Palestinians only because they don’t belong to a certain group.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇱🇵🇸Holy shit, Haaretz published a list of atrocities Israeli soldiers did and saw in Gaza, and the details are stomach churning: • Soldiers pissing on a bound, blindfolded detainee while laughing and joking about October 7 • Interrogators torturing detainees by tying cable ties around their genitals • An officer executing an unarmed Palestinian who had surrendered with hands up, then covering it up as a “terrorist killed” • Widespread excitement in units over “special means” used to kill people in tunnels, while one soldier said it reminded him of the Holocaust • A tank gunning down five Palestinians crossing a line (four killed), followed by a D9 bulldozer burying the bodies in sand • Soldiers opening fire on unarmed civilians, including an old man and three teenage boys who turned out to be completely unarmed • Looting Palestinian homes, burning photos, and urinating on personal belongings for fun The impact back home has been brutal. Soldiers are throwing out mirrors because they can’t look at themselves. Others are breaking down crying in public. Many are struggling with suicidal thoughts, shame, and nightmares. These soldiers will carry this for decades. Heavy, painful reading.
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