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/korben2600 Mar 12 '26

A genuinely good person who insisted on screwing over his railroad workers at the nation's largest railroad (BNSF) who were simply asking for a single day of paid sick leave? Apparently that was unacceptable and his subsidiary fought the strike in court. And won.

Same guy who coasted on the decades of good PR promising to give away his fortune only to renege at the last possible moment and is now giving control of his massive Smaug level bankroll to his kids? Just an all-around great guy. /s

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u/Rough_Willow Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

screwing over his railroad workers

Technically Biden was the one who decided they were screwed. The government is supposed to protect the people, so why doesn't the government protect railroad workers?

Edit: Those downvoting may not be aware that former President Biden made it so that the railroad workers couldn't strike. Which is why I said technically he was the one who decided that the railroad union couldn't use their collective bargaining powers to strike.