there is a relatively new, especially in terms of the scale and speed of growth, marketplace for private businesses to sell exotic, expensive and sophisticated technologies to public and military law enforcement outfits across the country.

much of the technology being sold right now is for surveillance. but that will soon change/mutate into other types of tools. as politics allows for the further escalation, it will be so.

in this new industry or economy, orgs like palantir are just one example. there are countless players of all kinds, sizes and degrees of separation in the usa. i am confident about this much.

there is a new breed of selling (upselling) taking place right now. a new kind of salesmanship is being born.

ultimately it boils down to the private and public (law enforcement and military) sectors starting to merge. this is a new wild west and the feds are talking about these changes as having a 200 year long impact on american society.

here are some examples:

  • apparia@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The basic premise here is plausible because Palantir and other such companies do exist, but this seems like an extension of OP’s previous conspiracy vagueposting, and I don’t expect they’ll back it up with anything more verifiable or concrete.

      • apparia@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        3 days ago

        I stand happily corrected, thank you. I haven’t looked through all of those and some of them seem less “exotic” than others, but on the whole it’s indeed a bleak picture.

        Do you have a source on this bit?

        the feds are talking about these changes as having a 200 year long impact on american society

        It seems like a very specific projection.