[jameshart]

… As part of an explicit, openly stated mission to reshape the global political order.

Palantir is indeed in many ways just a software vendor but we shouldn’t downplay that they have a much more explicit agenda than most other companies do in seeking government contracts.

[rafram]

Eh. I mean, the government will do what the government will do with the software it buys. We've just seen that with Anthropic. The US government wouldn't give contracts to Palantir if it seemed like its ideology didn't line up with US aims, and they wouldn't give contracts to other vendors if it seemed like their less ideological marketing meant they weren't aligned with US aims.

[jameshart]

1) we’re talking about a UK government contract with Palantir

2) actually historically, and aspirationally, the US government isn’t supposed to be focused on ideological alignment of its vendors - the current government is anomalous and we shouldn’t normalize this.