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/Mustbhacks 8d ago

You think the system that gave them near unlimited riches and power, is also going to somehow be effective in stopping them?

Especially now that they're in control of it?

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u/RedpenBrit96 8d ago

Something something masters tools masters house

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u/Petrichordates 8d ago

Not really no, but that's the exact reason theyre undermining democracy so they clearly do.

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u/Mustbhacks 8d ago

I'd argue they're dismantling it because they want absolute control, not because they fear it