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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

Billionaires like Peter Thiel capitalized on Big Tech's conflicted feelings about openly participating in surveillance by founding Palantir, with the express mission of murdering the political opponents of oligarchy: www.thecanary.co/trending/202... 63/

thecanary.co

UK private contractor Palantir was 'founded to kill communists'

The UK government's relationship with Palantir was already controversial, now it looks positively genocidal

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

The steady march of digital technology, dominated by a cartel of global firms who collude with Trump's political repression in exchange for tax breaks, antitrust forbearance and federal contracts yielded more surveillance productivity gains than the previous 25 years: apnews.com/article/trum... 64

apnews.com

Trump, a populist president, is flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

The Trump administration is the most unpopular in more than a century. Trump has stolen more money in office than any president in history. Trump presides over spiraling greedflation and collapsing buying power. 65/

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