History Listory

2003

2003-05-06 Palantir was founded by Peter Thiel after 9/11 for defense intelligence. Critics warned that its surveillance and AI capabilities could enable predictive policing, warfare, and civilian targeting. In 2025, the DOD added a $113M contract to Palantir’s existing $795M contracts, while ICE paid $30M for immigrant tracking tools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir#:~:text=Its%20flagship%20products%E2%80%94Gotham%20(for%20intelligence%20and%20defense),was%20founded%20in%202003%20by%20Peter%20Thiel%2C

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/3124/2020/en/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/0211/2025/en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-assisted_targeting_in_the_Gaza_Strip#:~:text=Israeli%20Intelligence%20Corps.-,Lavender,a%20PIJ%20or%20Hamas%20militant.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-government-contracting-push/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/palantir-secures-795m-us-army-180040461.html

https://www.executivebiz.com/articles/palantir-usg-795-million-army-contract-maven-smart-system-software-license

2009

2009-04-13 Peter Thiel wrote in The Education of a Libertarian that expanded welfare and women’s suffrage made “capitalist democracy” an oxymoron, adding that he no longer believed “freedom and democracy are compatible.”

https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw

2010

2010-01-01 During a Libertopia conference, Peter Thiel said, “The basic idea was that we could never win an election on getting certain things because we were in such a small minority. But maybe you could actually unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people and beg people and plead with people who are never going to agree with you through technological means. And this is where I think technology is this incredible alternative to politics”.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s-BQhXdCs8Y

2015

2015-10-04 Google dropped their “Don’t Be Evil” motto.

https://time.com/4060575/alphabet-google-dont-be-evil/

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/google-dont-be-evil-code-conduct-removed-alphabet-a8361276.html

2018

2018-01-31 Amazon used wristbands to track worker productivity.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/amazon-warehouse-wristband-tracking

2023

2023-11-09 Peter Thiel called the quest for democracy “very evil”.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/peter-thiel-2024-election-politics-investing-life-views/675946/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw

2025 June

2025-06-02 Curtis Yarvin promoted authoritarian “CEO-style” government systems and RAGE (“Retire All Government Employees”). JD Vance praised Yarvin’s ideas in a 2021 interview. JD Vance was interviewed in 2021 on Jack Murphy Live, and stated, “There’s this guy Curtis Yarvin who’s written about some of these things…I think that what Trump should do, like, if I was giving him one piece of advice, fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people. And when the courts – because you will get taken to court – and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say ‘The chief justice has made his ruling, now let him enforce it’”.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Curtis-Yarvin

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24266512/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin-influence-rage-project-2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/curtis-yarvin-wants-to-replace-american-democracy-with-a-form-of-monarchy-led-by-a-ceo

https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/07/29/an-antidemocratic-philosophy-called-neoreaction-is-creeping-into-gop-politics/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw

2025 October

2025-10-10 Peter Thiel reportedly called critics of AI and technology “legionnaires of the Antichrist.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/10/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-leaked/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/inside-billionaire-peter-thiels-private-antichrist-lectures/

https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2025/hany-farid-verifies-billionaire-lectures-warning-antichrist-and-us-destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw

2025 December

2025-12-07 Alex Karp gave a widely discussed jittery interview.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DR-SKY6Eh39/

https://prcg.com/blog/palantir-response-ceo-interview-odd/

https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/business/alex-karps-palantir-launches-new-neurodivergent-fellowship-after-execs-on-stage-fidgeting-goes-viral/

https://futurism.com/future-society/palantir-joke-ceo-cocaine

2026 April

2026-04-06 The New Yorker published “Can Sam Altman be Trusted?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf_eDlf7h8E&list=WL&index=5

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted

https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/can-sam-altman-be-trusted

2026-04-16 Peter Theil funded Objection, an AI tribunal judge designed to investigate media claims.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260415376479/en/Top-VCs-Back-Aron-DSouza-to-Launch-Objection-An-AI-Judge-for-Investigating-Media-Claims

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/can-ai-judge-journalism-a-thiel-backed-startup-says-yes-even-if-it-risks-chilling-whistleblowers/

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/peter-thiel-funded-objection-ai-wants-to-rate-truthfulness-of-journalism-what-is-it-14001629.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAqE03jiff4

SUB WALL https://www.thenational.scot/news/26028483.peter-thiel-sets-sights-media-new-objection-platform/

2026-04-18 Palantir published a 22-point manifesto advocating American dominance, nuclear superiority, and autonomous AI weapons; describing some cultures as inferior; calling for reinstatement of the draft; and arguing that postwar constraints on Germany and Japan should be reversed. They wrote that a democratic society needs “hard power to prevail” and called for reinstatement of the draft.

https://x.com/palantirtech/status/2045574398573453312?s=46

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GK1Zx4wz4ZU

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/headlines/palantir_calls_on_us_to_reinstate_draft_in_22_point_supervillain_manifesto_slammed_by_critics

https://www.dw.com/en/palantir-why-its-political-manifesto-is-causing-a-stir/a-76895480

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/22/ramblings-of-a-supervillain-palantir-manifesto-claims-ai-weapons-and-cultural-inferiority

https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-manifesto-alex-karp-technological-republic-summary-2026-4

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/palantir-wants-bring-back-draft-195853909.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/headlines/palantir_calls_on_us_to_reinstate_draft_in_22_point_supervillain_manifesto_slammed_by_critics

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/big-tech-firm-wants-reinstate-160059711.html

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/palantir-wants-to-bring-back-the-draft/

2026-04-27 Elon Musk sued Sam Altman over OpenAI.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/27/nx-s1-5795661/trial-openai-elon-musk-sam-altman

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-sam-altman-oakland-trial-rcna341919

PAY WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8dedv8w8xo

2026 May

2026-05-05 Met Gala protestors criticized Jeff Bezos and Amazon labor conditions.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/stars-arrive-met-gala-protesters-target-jeff-bezos-2026-05-04/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/5/headlines/labor_unions_stage_ball_without_billionaires_as_bezos_sponsored_met_gala_faces_protests

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/05/05/why-were-protesters-outside-of-the-met-gala-what-to-know-on-boycott/89943726007/

TIMESTAMP 10:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmFI8zifRY8&list=WL&index=1&t=166s

2026-05-26 Trump rescinded a proposed AI safety-vetting executive order, prompting criticism from Senator Mark Kelly about billionaire influence over AI policy. In a post, Senator Mark Kelly wrote, “America cannot lead in AI if our policy is determined by whichever billionaire gets the President on the phone last. We need a strategy that supports innovation, protects workers, strengthens national security, and makes sure this technology benefits the country, not just a handful of big tech companies”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JcIpIZhdIo&list=WL&index=4

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/read-ai-oversight-order-that-president-donald-trump-said-didnt-like-certain-aspects-of-it/articleshow/131294197.cms

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5891923-trump-ai-order-scrapped-divide/

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5889379-trump-postpones-ai-testing/

2026-05-29 Peter Thiel relocated to Argentina.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/business/peter-thiel-moves-family-to-argentina-to-flee-taxes-ai-meltdown-potential-nuclear-war-report/

https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-argentina-billionaire-moving-abroad-2026-5

https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-trump-ally-peter-thiel-flees-to-argentina-just-like-the-nazis/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/peter-thiel-argentina-billionaire-tax-b2986444.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYISkD2BGLQ&list=WL&index=2&t=44s

2026 June

2026-06-12 Elon Musk officially became the first trillionaire.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pr/2026/06/12/forbes-declares-elon-musk-as-the-worlds-first-trillionaire/

https://people.com/elon-musk-is-officially-a-trillionaire-as-spacex-goes-public-11996016

2026-06-17 Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Google Deepmind’s Demis Hassabis and OpenAI’s Sam Altman attended the G7 summit with Trump and were treated like heads of nation states.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-dario-amodei-openai-sam-altman-demis-hassabis-g7-lunch-2026-6

https://news.sky.com/story/ais-most-powerful-bosses-deliver-message-to-world-leaders-and-its-not-very-reassuring-13555183

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/anthropic-amodei-google-hassabis-us-ai-coalition-g7.html

https://www.ft.com/content/573925dd-6d41-4185-810d-2b848195903d?syn-25a6b1a6=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGG15I3zP-w&list=WL&index=2&t=24s

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/20/ai-tech-moguls-g7

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/global-order-ai-ceos-heads-132310109.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/g7-trump-ai-tech-leaders-openai-anthropic-google.html

2026-06-29 Elon Musk chastised MacKenzie Scott for donating $26 billion of her fortune, claiming generosity makes the world a worse place.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mackenzie-scott-giving-doge-usaid-philanthropy-billionaires-wealth-2026-6

https://fortune.com/2026/06/29/mackenzie-scott-vs-elon-musk-philanthropy-donations/

https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/elon-musk-mackenzie-scott-giving-152505233.html

2026 July

2026-07-10 The US granted the UAE expanded access to AI chips.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-902621

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-makes-it-easier-export-certain-military-items-ai-chips-commercial-satellites-2026-07-10/

SUB WALL https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/uae-ai-chips-iran-war-26c10d77