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> Palantir still doesn’t make sense as a company.

It makes perfect sense as a company. Low-tier software consultancy that has ties to the most powerful government in the world and can acquire lucrative contracts is an absolutely valid business model.

> And it’s the job of the CEO to convince them with real information not insults.

Why? What happens if the CEO doesn't take the high road? Is Trump going to say "your lack of decorum and decency has lost you the US government as a customer"? Hell no. He's the guy who kicked this sort of schtick off.

The job of the CEO is to create value for shareholders in any way possible. That's where it starts and stops. Right now there's a lot of money in creating a panopticon to be exploited by various governments and well-heeled elites. Karp does this. Therefore he is doing his job.

Is this the logical conclusion of everything people have been saying about reducing government regulation of business since the 1970s? Yeah, but the money was right, so we ignored them.

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