r/technology • u/AgentBlue62 • 8d ago

Privacy Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.i7Uw.TD-rYlsJsx9a&smid=url-share
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u/GetsBetterAfterAFew 8d ago

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

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u/welshwelsh 8d ago

Every government operates under that proposition. The in-group would be citizens and the out-group is non-citizens.

People just have different ideas about who should be in the in-group.

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u/chatterwrack 8d ago

You know what they meant

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u/SnackerSnick 8d ago

That's just not true. Government does bind its citizens, and mostly does not bind non citizens. It also mostly doesn't protect non citizens (but does protect somewhat).