Palantir just dropped the mask.
According to TechCrunch, the defense-tech giant posted a 22-point manifesto drawn from CEO Alex Karp’s book, declaring that Silicon Valley should abandon inclusivity, embrace military power, and stop pretending that all cultures are equal.
According to Karp’s manifesto, some cultures create “wonders,” others are “regressive and harmful,” and America has spent too long chasing “hollow pluralism.”
Palantir argued that “Silicon Valley owes a moral debt” to the United States and that tech companies have a duty to build weapons, surveillance systems, and artificial intelligence for the military.
“Free email is not enough,” the post declared, adding that hard power—not idealism—will define the next era.
Palantir also argued that the “atomic age is ending” and being replaced by AI-driven warfare.
In the same manifesto, Palantir blasted what it called the West’s obsession with inclusivity and accused elites of refusing to define a national identity. The company wrote that modern pluralism “glosses over” the fact that some cultures are superior to others.
It also attacked what it described as elite contempt for religion, praised stronger nationalism, and argued that postwar Germany and Japan should no longer be constrained by decades-old pacifism.
Palantir is one of the country’s most powerful government contractors. The company builds software for the U.S. military, ICE, DHS, police departments, and intelligence agencies. Its systems are already used in military targeting through Project Maven and in immigration enforcement.
Critics were quick to point out the connection. Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, responded that it was “extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement,” a line dripping with sarcasm. He argued that Palantir’s post was not simply a defense of the West—it was a rejection of democratic values like accountability, deliberation, and verification.
With this manifesto, Karp and chairman Peter Thiel effectively turned the company into the first major tech firm to publish an open ideological platform built around nationalism, military strength, and open hostility toward inclusivity.
