Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Microsoft, against Nadella

Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by orochimaaru on Sunday November 30, 2025 @01:45PM (#46099210)

Palantir is a data and ml platform. They don’t create point solutions for people. The solutions created are owned by the people contracting Palantir. If you hate on Palantir - you can hate on pretty much all industry in the west - oil and gas for supplying fuel, farmers for supplying food, consulting companies for consulting for the government, general population for paying taxes, etc.

This entire thing is just political showboating. I mean feel free to not buy food and fuel.

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Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by whatshisface on Sunday November 30, 2025 @01:50PM (#46099266)

If these companies were breaking laws against big people (facilitating investment fraud, payment processing for terrorists) nobody would consider these methods of deflection for a second - it's only because the laws are being broken to hurt small people that the concept of aiding and abetting or acting as a willing accomplice is considered not relevant.

(Human rights are common law.)

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Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by et-al on Sunday November 30, 2025 @02:02PM (#46099375)

The parent poster's example was more apt with US Steel.

Palantir on the otherhand is a well known defense contractor and its stock price is arguably propped up by the US Department of Defen -- I mean WAR -- having an infinite budget.

Don't be licking Thiel and Karp's boots.

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Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by orochimaaru on Sunday November 30, 2025 @02:46PM (#46099741)

I’m not. But I don’t have qualms about working at Palantir or any US defense contractor. If the work is legally allowed then I’m not going to second guess my source of income.

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