We sometimes forget that while super gross hyperconservative tech creep Peter Thiel founded Palantir Technologies, the data management/AI/surveillance juggernaut, it was co-founded and is currently run by super gross hyperconservative tech creep Alex Karp—and boy does Alex have Some Thoughts.

Have you been worried that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s gleeful bombing of civilian boats in international waters an illegal and unconstitutional war crime? Karp is too! His solution, however, is probably a bit different than yours, unless you are also a super gross hyperconservative tech creep.

Karp sees the administration’s fondness for murdering defenseless boaters as an opportunity to make money. Indeed, he’s a huge fan of the idea precisely because it opens up a m

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