gestures broadly

In fact, I would say the burden of proof is largely on those who would say that Palantir and Thiel can be trusted despite all of their actions and rhetoric.

Peter Thiel is at least cosplaying a super-villain.

Palantir is mass surveillance as a product, including "predictive policing". He's been grooming JD Vance as the next president. He has given lectures about the anti-Christ, and seems overly interested in armageddon. And life extension, like getting blood transfusions from the young and joking that he's a "vampire".

"I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." So which one does he plan to deprive the western world of?

https://quasa.io/media/peter-thiel-and-the-project-of-a-new-...

Trust must be earned. Thiel has earned none of that.

- Palantir built ICE's surveillance infrastructure. The technology concentrates power, and with the current government have zero oversight means this is a dangerous game that is being played. [0]

- Thiel has literally said that freedom and democracy are not compatible. [1]

- He has suggested conservatives should stage a military coup. [1]

- Secretly funded Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media, thereby all but destroying it.

- He still believes and pushes the debunked race science.

There's probably many other things I'm missing, but overall he's seems like a not so nice person as far as people go. Overall there is zero reason to trust anything that he has his hands on. Especially not things that matter in a national security context. This applied to all countries, including America.

[0] https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-immigrat...

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/owne...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/26/paypal-co-foun...

[3] https://bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/peter-thiels-race-science...

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