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Re:‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods ... by tokioyoyo on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:31PM (#46639627)
Even if they’re the most evil corpo ever, the buyer is still the government. If a democratically elected government buys this products, I would assume, in large scale of things, the general population wants the most evil corpo.
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Re:‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods ... by foobarchu on Thursday January 15, 2026 @07:34PM (#46641526)
This works is if-and-only-if you assume everyone involved is a good actor. In fact, many if not most in politics are bad actors, and voters largely believe said bad actors.
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Re:‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods ... by wombatpm on Thursday January 15, 2026 @05:15PM (#46640137)
It’s not like they are overthrowing South American countries for favorable terms in pineapple and banana trade *cough*Dole*cough*Chiquita*cough*

Yet.

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