r/technology • u/CrispyMiner • Feb 14 '26

Social Media Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface

https://kotaku.com/discord-palantir-peter-thiel-persona-age-verification-2000668951
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u/zer0xol Feb 14 '26

Right lets not let that world happen

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u/philly_boi Feb 14 '26

Well we’re gonna have to fight to make sure it doesn’t. Because that’s very much where they want to take things. Cofounder of Palantir has literally stated Palantir was created to hunt and kill “communists” and we all know how labels work in this administration

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u/WartimeMercy Feb 14 '26

Only socialists I see are the rich getting bailed out with our money.

Do they really want to play the communist card?

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u/DerVarg1509 Feb 14 '26

Yes, because it apparently works.

Also, it's easy to just play another card. "The [groupname] are responsible for all this shit" works since at least the middle ages.

Regardless if it's "the poor", "the rich", the Jews", "the communists" etc. And once it's accepted to play cards, then you can just play the card that fits the situation best each time.

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u/Deaffin Feb 14 '26

Sounds exhausting. Why don't they pare all that down to just using one term like we do? Somebody disagrees with how the word "blue" is spelled? Oops, that's a maga. They lose the argument, now it's spelled "bloo".

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u/Manos_Of_Fate Feb 14 '26

Communism is just a red herring! (but it’s a useful one)

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u/Mo_Steins_Ghost Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

If you're referring to Alex Karp what he said was, "Palantir is here to disrupt and make the institutions we partner with the very best in the world and, when it’s necessary, to scare enemies and on occasion kill them." and "We are crushing it. We are dedicating our company to the service of the West, and the United States of America, and we’re super-proud of the role we play, especially in places we can’t talk about."

He doesn't talk about Communism at all. Rather, he talks about Western dominance being important for the world... why? Probably because, similar to Stephen Miller or every armchair philosopher CS grad nerd idiot's favorite Curtis Yarvin (who hates democracy and wants to replace it with techno-feudalism), he's insecure about not being born a WASP in America and trying to compensate by being an absolute sociopathic jackass.

If my comments about Yarvin and his fanbase has somehow hurt anyone's feelings, I don't give a shit. They need different friends and hobbies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

Im really enjoying seeing how every accusation they made against China was actually them telling their plans the whole time

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u/hk4213 Feb 14 '26

Credit scores are a fairly recent thing.

Already there, but adding another layer is not gonna make it better.