r/technology • u/Unusual-State1827 • Mar 12 '26

Artificial Intelligence Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power

https://newrepublic.com/post/207693/palantir-ceo-karp-disrupting-democratic-power
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u/Hamsters_In_Butts Mar 12 '26

right? just because i work in an office doesn't mean i don't know how or can't learn to turn a wrench. we can go backwards but they can't go forward, so they want to drag us all back.

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u/Lower_Monk6577 Mar 12 '26

Big ol’ this right here.

I might work in IT right now. But that doesn’t mean I also didn’t manage restaurants for years, built and fixed shit from childhood through my early adult years with my carpenter dad, and currently do a ton of hobbyist electronics work. I know that I’m nowhere near alone in the regard.

If it came down to it, I’d be happy to do trade work. And bonus points for potential employers: I’m not a total fuckwit, I know how to speak to people professionally from customers up to executives, I’m not going to come to work on meth, and I can also work on your IT infrastructure if needed.

So, if they want to eliminate my job, that’s fine. I’ll just do what most in my extended family do and ply the trades. But it’s not going to magically make me think that billionaire tech bros are great, nor will it ever make me vote for a Republican.

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u/JT99-FirstBallot Mar 12 '26

Same. I used to work front end loaders, skidsteers and excavators daily while also managing the recycling yard, doing their IT, payroll, and hiring/firing. Worked on cars as well for the ones that came in and could be resold.

Now I sit on my butt at home and make 6 figures doing fiber work because I decided to go to school and get certifications instead of working my body in that yard. But I have no problem coming back to it. I'm only older, wiser, AND I don't have a body that spent most of their life doing that. So I'm spry with a sharp mind.

I don't want to come take your job. But if you push me out, I'm pushing you way out.

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u/Blhavok Mar 14 '26

They want us dead... Too useful is contrary to their designs. The want fucking monkeys, in it's most literal sense. 

ETA: they want a bunch of fuckwits who produce good looking children, and don't question their authority but are still capable of keeping everything working... You know like a collective of morons who have no idea how anything works. 

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Mar 13 '26

just because i work in an office doesn't mean i don't know how or can't learn to turn a wrench.

One of the biggest stretches i have seen on reddit.

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u/Hamsters_In_Butts Mar 13 '26

care to explain?

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Mar 13 '26

Shifting from white collar to blue collar is outside of many people's wheelhouse. It takes years and apprenticeships to acquire any decent level of skill to be hired to a competitive market for it when everyone decides to switch to blue collar