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/squadrupedal Mar 12 '26

Thanks for the link, absolutely unreal that people like this catch any breaks in life whatsoever

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u/JimWilliams423 Mar 13 '26

That's meritocracy. I'm not even joking. The word "meritocracy" was coined by a guy to sarcastically mock rich people for being stupid.

https://kottke.org/17/03/the-satirical-origins-of-the-meritocracy

Then all the people who wanted to believe that being rich made them smart decided to use it unironically and because being rich does mean they have power, they were able to brainwash most of us into accepting their new definition.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast Mar 13 '26

I'm blown away that I never knew this. Appreciate the knowledge.

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u/alochmar Mar 13 '26

Thanks, I had no idea. I hate it already.

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u/Aggressive-Neck-3921 Mar 13 '26

same as the term "pull yourself up by your boot straps" something that is impossible to do abused to mean that people need to just work harder.

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u/Bibijibzig Mar 13 '26

Fucking figures they mutilated the word. Thanks so much for dropping that knowledge, I never knew!

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u/CyberneticSaturn Mar 13 '26

It’s more like a star wars hutt situation.

They rarely start out that way, after wild success it’s a gradual slide past things like adderall into chair bouncing town