Apparently this requires restating:
We should not want a European Palantir.
We should not want an open-source Palantir.
We should not want a non-commercial Palantir.
If it is supposed to do what Palantir does, we should not want it.
And I don't care to what extent Palantir's products are shaped by political or profit motives. We know enough to reject its logic altogether.
If you follow the discourse, you can already see on the horizon a group of fascist nerds providing the open-source non-profit version of Palantir, with data centres on European soil, fostering "digital sovereignty" and making the work of European police, Frontex and so on more "effective".
Good luck arguing with that if your main criticism with Palantir is the US state or Thiel's person.
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