Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook data it acquired

Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by jnbiche on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:11PM (#16694329)

> Am I the only one who thinks Thiel was just being true to his Libertarian views and wanted to

Given Trump's blatant admiration for authoritarians and authoritarianism, I'm skeptical that Thiel's support had anything to do with libertarianism.

Indeed, given Thiel's founding and constant promotion of Palantir (which feeds at the trough of the military-industrial complex and government contracts), I'm skeptical that he makes many life decisions based on libertarian principles.

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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by EGreg on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:37PM (#16694455)

Thiel is not a true Libertarian. But he does like to disrupt the system. That is why he did PayPal and funded micronations.

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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by nurettin on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @12:30AM (#16695293)

But was he a true Scotsman?

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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by babygoat on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:11AM (#16697750)

Yes, he's very disruptive. What a compliment.

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