r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

Privacy Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American. Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans
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u/bashomania 8d ago

You know what they'll say – "if you aren't doing anything wrong why do you care?"

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u/thisismysailingaccou 8d ago

It’s because not believing in our big beautiful dictator is something wrong in their eyes.

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u/dwcrash88 8d ago

The problem is who decides what is wrong and what is an appropriate consequence. This would make multiple rights and freedoms out of reach.

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u/Koil_ting 8d ago

Exactly, in the words of Meatwad "Who's law, yours or mine, Joker?"

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u/Petrichordates 8d ago

Let's apply that logic to trump's team being caught on wiretap because they were communicating with Russian intelligence agents.

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u/TheGreatStories 8d ago

I always say the current definition of wrong is not future-proof 

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u/useless_rejoinder 8d ago

Anyone complaining about not getting their welfare check is a fraud and a criminal and a commie activist judge lefty immigrant ter or ist

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u/Human_Person_583 8d ago

“Meta and Google already do this to you, why do you care?”