{"id":45483,"date":"2025-12-07T13:09:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45483"},"modified":"2025-12-07T13:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:09:55","slug":"the-most-dangerous-corporation-in-america-is-building-trumps-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/the-most-dangerous-corporation-in-america-is-building-trumps-police-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The most dangerous corporation in America is building Trump\u2019s police state"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>on Dec 06, 2025 <\/em>(<strong>Schwartzreport<\/strong> from info@schwartzreport.net)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Reich, &nbsp; Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies.&nbsp; &#8211; &nbsp;Raw Story | Commentary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stephan:&nbsp;Fact-based journalism is a fading skill, just as magazines and newspapers are disappearing, replaced by manipulated, weaponized social media misinformation driven by AI. The views and attitudes of the already barely literate majority of Americans is being shaped by a fascist coup that plays to their fears, resentments, and racism. The United States is a nation going backwards to something much like the country in the 1950s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.schwartzreport.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2Fimage-1.png&amp;t=1765140966&amp;ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1cca-340652010800&amp;sig=Cv6CumPGE7BvwXcozLtEYQ--~D\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cking\u201d Trump and billionaire Peter Thiel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most dangerous corporation in America is one you may not have heard of. It\u2019s called Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech company that may put your most basic freedoms at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palantir gets its name from a device used in Tolkien\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Lord of the Rings,&nbsp;<\/em>in which a \u201cpalantir\u201d is a seeing stone \u2014 something like a crystal ball \u2014 that can be used to spy on people and distort the truth. During the War of the Ring, a palantir falls under the control of the evil Sauron, who uses it to manipulate and deceive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palantir \u2014 co-founded by far-right billionaire Peter Thiel and its current CEO Alex Karp \u2014 bears a striking similarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sells AI-based data platforms that let their clients, including governments,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/schwartzreport.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b50db294056098aa2e77fd21c&amp;id=bdbd8ecb70&amp;e=d7eb7aa9f9\">militaries, and law enforcement agencies<\/a>, quickly process and analyze massive amounts of your personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/schwartzreport.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b50db294056098aa2e77fd21c&amp;id=935f493f12&amp;e=d7eb7aa9f9\">social media<\/a>&nbsp;profiles,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/schwartzreport.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b50db294056098aa2e77fd21c&amp;id=c80f3f7fd5&amp;e=d7eb7aa9f9\">bank account<\/a>&nbsp;records, tax history, medical history, or driving records, the tools that Palantir sells are used to help clients identify and monitor individuals \u2014 like you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should this matter to you? Billions of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/schwartzreport.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b50db294056098aa2e77fd21c&amp;id=b05b0ae1d1&amp;e=d7eb7aa9f9\">Read the Full Article \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on Dec 06, 2025 (Schwartzreport from info@schwartzreport.net) Robert Reich, &nbsp; Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies.&nbsp; &#8211; &nbsp;Raw Story | Commentary Stephan:&nbsp;Fact-based journalism is a&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/the-most-dangerous-corporation-in-america-is-building-trumps-police-state\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45484,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45483\/revisions\/45484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}