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Palantir and the Post-American Feudal Digital State
from Musk vs. Trump, Ukrainian Drones, & A Very Special List | The Tim Dillon Show #447 · #447
3 min
Tim connects the tech elite's post-American fantasies to Palantir, founded by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and Joe Lonsdale, and mentions personally meeting Lonsdale in Austin before falling out with him.
- Tech people believe in a post-American future, whether they admit it or not.
- They want libertarian feudal states run on crypto, starting with buying land and experimenting.
- To build a post-nation-state future, you need a digital police state that everyone lives in—that's where Palantir comes in.
- Trump tasked Palantir and Peter Thiel with building a database of Americans and their financial information.
- Tim met Joe Lonsdale, Palantir's co-founder, at his house in Austin and was impressed by his large swimming pool.
- Lonsdale no longer likes Tim and has moved on to other startups, including a plan to build a competing city to Austin.