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Re:Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government offi... by tmnvix on Friday May 15, 2026 @08:34PM (#48155673)
No. But I would tell anyone involved in a genocide to. In my opinion that now includes the US and UK.

Others will have different opinions, obviously, but this is mine.

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Re:Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government offi... by fooker on Friday May 15, 2026 @09:26PM (#48155948)
Great, that is not an uncommon stance. Respectable in my opinion.

Now, cutting friends and family off over something this just means you do not want to tolerate people with differing views and opinions on this.

It's more about the side you are on rather than some abstract moral argument against working for companies tangentially related to the defense sector.

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Re:Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government offi... by karim79 on Saturday May 16, 2026 @10:56PM (#48165692)
"defense" sector. Listen to yourself.
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Re:Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government offi... by fooker on Saturday May 16, 2026 @11:17PM (#48165773)
Yes, that’s how language works.

But feel free to petition literally all countries to remove words like defense or security from the names of their militaries.

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