:^O

Read what you just wrote and then look up "no true Scotsman" fallacy.

Palantir's CEO, Alex Karp, studied under Jurgen Habermas who has been associated with the Marxist Frankfurt School. I have also Habermas described as, "the father of European social democracy." Not sure where you're getting this notion that this is the work of security state Republicans except as a convenient straw…

Peter Thiel, who gave Facebook an angel investment of 500K, is one of the founders of Palantir.

Peter Thiel is a big LOTR fan. He also runs a VC firm called Mirthil Capital.