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eli_gottliebtoday at 12:41 PM4 repliesview on HN

The state? Palantir isn't the state.


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ceejayoztoday at 3:40 PM

Go on, who does Palantir primarily provide services to?

If I get shot by the FBI, is it a non-state action because they used Glock GmbH's product to do it?

dragonwritertoday at 7:43 PM

“The state” is an abstraction that serves as a façade for the ruling (capitalist, in the developed West) class. Corporations are another set of abstractions that serve as a façade for the capitalist class (they are also, overtly even though this is popularly ignored, creatures of the state through law.)

mindslighttoday at 6:08 PM

The greatest trick extraconstitutional corporate government ever pulled was convincing people that it didn't exist.