Palantir CEO and Trump ally Alex Karp is no stranger to controversial (troll-ish even) comments. His latest one just dropped: Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company.
At the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Karp was asked about the worries over the unconstitutionality of the boat strikes.
“Part of the reason why I like this questioning is the more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product."
This is bond-level villainy.
Apparently free speech is when you can’t criticize Israel but can advocate for war crimes.
Ill bet my nuts that this guy is on drugs.
Do we need a purge? One day per year for doing something about the CEO problem?
[Karp]>“Part of the reason why I like this questioning is the more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product."
Blowing up unarmed fishing boats is not a “constitutional question” it’s a straight-up criminal act. War crimes are well-defined, so there’s no wiggle-room about what one IS.
The problem with constitutional immunity is that it protects indiscriminately. And presidents are using it to commit acts of barbarism rather than as necessary acts to protect national security.
War crimes are well-defined, so there’s no wiggle-room about what one IS.
It’s not a war crime actually. A nation state cannot declare wars on individuals under which the war crime would come about. Article 7 of the Rome statute (The UN thing that defines war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, etc.) defines blowing up civilians as a crime against humanity.
He created a company named after the evil wizards spy glass, he is not subtle about his villainy
Slavery was pretty good for business too I hear.
34th Rule of Acquisition: War is good for business.
Jesus fucking Crapcakes.
Does this guy ever stop and think, “the shit I say is fucking horrible and makes me look like an irredeemable asshole?”
With his shitty hair style, probably not.
Are we VC funding target lists because it’s illegal to pay for them?!
I’ll find myself nodding and agreeing with so many of his values in the first half but then there’s this sudden hard left like whoa what, chill for a sec man
