Planetaires Carp Progressive Turns After GOP Midterm Collapse.
"I mean I've been a Democrat all my life. I know more about being progressive than almost anyone on Planet Earth — all of our products are basically progressive," Alex Karp told Politico in an apologetic interview discussing the prospect of a Democrat-led congressional investigation into his company once the new Congress convenes.
"I think I've been the most out of the big AI executives, if that's what you want to call me, on economic justice," Karp added, saying that while he still believes AI will "help the average person," the size of the wealth gap created by Big Tech is unimaginable. He even insisted that he "never believed" the mantra that "capitalism will solve all problems."
Dismissing the idea that he is part of a "tiny clique of people that most people don't relate to," Karp said he has 100 million fans, many of whom "will march in the streets for him and for Palantir," and is "definitely the most popular" among tech oligarchs.
He also touched on his campaign contribution strategy, insisting that it is "very balanced," and that he would have to be the "village idiot" to secure loyalty to one of the two major parties.
Karps' new progressive sensibilities come amid media reports that Palantir may find itself in the crosshairs of a congressional probe into its massive federal contracts, and its role in providing sensitive government information (no word yet on investigations into the Pentagon's use of it in its flawed Iran kill chain software).
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