Palantir released a 22-point manifesto on X and people are horrified

The software company summarized key points from a book coauthored by its CEO, which argues that defense is a moral imperative for tech elites.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp [Images: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images, Adobe Stock]

BY María José Gutierrez Chavez

Palantir is undoubtedly controversial.

Many view the data and software company as a beacon of technological progress, with some even sporting a photo the company’s CEO on their t-shirts. Others see it as the pinnacle of all modern evil, primarily due to its involvement with the U.S. military and the Trump administration’s anti-immigration initiatives.

Now thanks to a viral social media post, the debate is once again in the spotlight.

On Sunday, Palantir’s X account posted a lengthy summarization of the key points argued in The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West, a book published last year by Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska.

“Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief,” the X post said, breaking down the book into 22 points.

For those who haven’t had a chance to read the original book, it “reads like an automated Spotify playlist of the greatest hits of national decline,” said a New Yorker review. “[Its] central claim is that the survival of the American experiment depends on the technological revitalization of the military-industrial complex.”

The X post dissects various arguments laid out in the book, ranging from the importance of building AI weapons to criticizing DEI and cancel culture.

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