Can we be done with these tech oligarchs already? We have Elon Musk picking fights with other countries and blasting the US with his pro-Trump nonsense, we have Peter Thiel outright saying that a close election will be "stolen", and so on. https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1835049489545281565
Some of these people have vested interests in organizations with significant government contracts, and yet they say a close election must be one that is stolen – NO THANK YOU. Those are MY TAXES. I'll be contacting my Senator/Congressmen about this. I'm not living through another Jan. 6 without doing something about it first.
Link below for those interested.
Congressmen: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Senator: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1
I honestly don't know. Doesn't Theil have a meaningful interest in Palantir? And doesn't Palantir do a meaningful amount of business from government contracts?
"Pentagon awards $480 million deal to Palantir for 'Maven' prototype" https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-wins-480-million-us-army-deal-maven-prototype-2024-05-29/
"Pentagon’s AI office awards Palantir a contract to create a data-sharing ecosystem" https://www.nextgov.com/defense/2024/06/pentagons-ai-office-awards-palantir-contract-create-data-sharing-ecosystem/397104/
"Palantir lands $99.6 mln deal with U.S. State Department" https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-lands-996-mln-deal-with-us-state-department-2023-03-08/
Novice game theory: If you’re wealthy enough and engrained within America’s welfare enough – say like a major government contractor, there’s no meaningful downside. This means you can bet AGAINST America all of the time. If your bet is bad, your downside is a great government contract. If your bet is good, you have access to the money spout. It’s all upside or major upside. So your smartest bet is always against America. And thus, Mr. Theil?
What a gut punch. These are all within the top 5 search results for "Palantir government contracts," I hope I'm really wrong. 🙁
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