Is this supposed to make me feel patriotic? 

Tech executives taking symbolic government jobs and likening themselves WW2 era men? Comparing their participation to Ford making satellites or General Mills manufacturing torpedoes when it’s not the same at all?

Is this supposed to make me feel patriotic? 

Tech executives taking symbolic government jobs and likening themselves WW2 era men? Comparing their participation to Ford making satellites or General Mills manufacturing torpedoes when it’s not the same at all? 

https://www.thefp.com/p/im-the-cto-of-palantir-today-i-join

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He’s trying to compare himself to THIS

“Ultimately, hundreds of business leaders flocked to lend their expertise to the government, in exchange for nominal salaries and punishing work schedules. These patriots were known as “dollar-a-year men.””

Is this man a dollar a year man? I don’t think so

they prob loved playing age of empires or cs growing up, now they can cosplay being heroes - love it for them

If these men actually gave up their real jobs and money — if they actually sacrificed — it might be inspiring. This is a sham, that is meant to make YOU feel okay sacrificing so much more than they ever will while they laugh all the way to the bank

Two things can be true at the same time, "american dynamism" can be a bit too self-serving & too blatant of a MIC rebrand, but OTOH the military only retired floppy disks in 2019.

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I’m sure bro in his fake part time second job is going to fix that

Two things can be true at the same time, "american dynamism" can be a bit too self-serving & too blatant of a MIC rebrand, but OTOH the military only retired floppy disks in 2019. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/air-force-finally-retires-8-inch-floppies-from-missile-launch-control-system/

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not for nothing these would be great punk lyrics

Mixed overall but net good. 

They’re not “joining the army” in a real sense imo. 

They are basically coming in as part time uniformed advisors with special privileges. This is important for national defense but feels like more political messaging and alignment than true selfless service. 

I’m also just generally disappointed that democrats didn’t do this 15 years ago but that’s a recurring own goal on their part. 

So I’m aligned in spirit but the execution makes me nervous. 

Especially when this is the deliberate framing (see pic)

Very Big Brother Ministry of Truth adjacent.

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it’s the one two punch of 

“I always gotta be the good guy of my own narrative even though somehow what personally benefits me always seem to be what is morally good” 

and 

“we’re publishing this for literal morons to consume unironically”

for me

Your take is good 

I really resent the comparison to ww2 and lack of ability to be honest about what they are actually doing

my take

https://farcaster.xyz/cameron/0x48410d82

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cringiest manufactured campaign

not the fucking american dynamism merch this shit is so fake it's insane

is it sooooo hard to just genuinely be interested in advancing your country without playing dressup for the camera?

the worst version of this: https://farcaster.xyz/entropybender/0x17182bef

How badly do you think Mike Judge wishes he could keep making episodes of Silicon Valley with shit like this as his fodder?