The CEO of multi-billion dollar software company Palantir has warned that “wokeness” is a major threat to the U.S. and to civilization as a whole.
During an earning call for the period ending March 31, 2024, CEO Alex Karp revealed his company has seen strong growth but warned of the threat of the woke economy.
Karp said that one reason the company has been so successful is that it builds for both commercial and government clients.
“There are lots of questions about why we are so active in defending the values of the West, that our belief that the West is a superior way to live, and our ways of organizing around that are the reason why our products are transformative; the reason why we have the best people in the world; the reason why a Palantir degree, as it were, is much more valuable than an Ivy League degree because the Ivy Leagues even, you know, embraced the thin and new woke religion, otherwise, viewed as an intellectual cause, but in fact is a way of organizing things so that the greatest institutions of our time disappear and turn into discriminatory dysfunction,” he said.
“Palantir is a counter-example, and I’m super proud of the results. We are going to continue to execute, especially in the U.S.,” he added.
Karp also addressed criticism that the company has faced over their decision to be so outspoken about being pro-West.
He said the company showed the door to those with a problem but has continued its work with the U.S. military, Department of Homeland Security, Special Forces, and U.S. Intelligence agencies.
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Tech CEO exposes how being "woke" is the "central risk" to America.
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It's a "regressive way of thinking that is corrupting and corroding our institutions that calls itself progressive, but actually — and is called woke, but is actually a form of a thin pagan religion." pic.twitter.com/YYLroUZrWF
He also noted that the company faced more backlash when selling its software to Israel than Ukraine.
“I think the central risk to Palantir and America and the world is a regressive way of thinking that is corrupting and corroding our institutions that calls itself ‘progressive,’ but actually — and is called ‘woke,’ but is actually a form of a thin pagan religion,” he said.
“That is a real danger to our society. And it is a real danger to Palantir if we don’t discuss these things.”
“The reason we have by far the best product offering in the world is because we have by far the best alignment around how to build software, what it means to build software, full alignment with our customers, a view that some — the Western way of living is superior and, therefore, it should be supported by the best products,” he continued.
“People at this table have been in the trenches for over a decade each.”
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