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PalAntir CEO Alex Karp on Wednesday revealed that Americans have lost trust in big institutions because powerful managers tend to avoid the consequences of dishonesty in this culture. “
Speaking at the annual conference of the New York Times’ New Nextbook during a discussion about whether the Federal Government should take equity figures from important companies, the Karps accused big companies of rushing to the White House for help after doing nothing “
“No one believes that the institutions are honest … and I struggle to believe that they do too, because these business leaders make completely stupid decisions, and they get baingod,” said Karp. “After a year, they get huge bonuses. And what do the Americans get? Nothing. That’s a big problem.”
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Karp also defended Palantir’s long-term strategy, saying many of its decisions, once dismissed as “stupid,” are now being copied across the tech industry.
“Every Palantir decision was made … Every single one of them was looked at as stupid,” he said. “All the people who made the right decisions are out of business or now they have to copy us.”
Karp argued that companies seeking government help after making “stupid decisions” should face the full consequences of their actions.
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“If you want to make your own stupid decisions, then go to the White House and ask for money, you have to take the full risk of that,” Karp said. “Somehow your income has to be tied to the point where you make more money for the American people.
“We at Palantir absorb the full risk of our failure, and everyone else should too.”
The senior official also said that “poor people” are the only people who pay the price for injustice in this culture. “
“All of us in one way or another bring out all the times we’re not and we’re stupid in the rest of society,” Karp said. “But if you are poor and a soldier, or poor in the ghetto, when you are wrong, you go to prison or die.”
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At the conference, Karp also defended Palantir’s work with the Trump administration and the Israeli government and denied that the company was developing surveillance tools for the US government, the New York Times said.
Earlier this month, Karp argued during an earnings call that the tech giant is “the first company to be completely anti-roke” and expressed support for the Trump Administration’s military strikes against drug-trafficking boats.
Palantir did not immediately respond to Fox Business’ request for comment.
Fox Business’ Marc Tamasco contributed to this report.
