US Army appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs as Lt. Colonels - The Grayzone
Four senior executives at Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have been formally appointed lieutenant colonels in the US Army following the creation of a “special” unit created for rich Big Tech mavens seeking military leadership roles. On June 13, the Army announc...
This is bad. We should NEVER EVER allow lackeys - of corpos trying to advance techno-tyranny and foist it onto us - into ANY positions!! ESPECIALLY in important ones!! >:(
Arrest em all. Arrest & seize ALLLL meta, openai, PLTR people leadership assets ETC ETC ETC for TYRANNY & CRIMES against HUMANITY!!
Arrest who ever promoted them too.
In another timeline, a cyberpunk military staffed by ruthless corporate executives would've been incredibly kino.
Unfortunately, I have to assume they're putting in rotund, ambitionless box-checkers and seat-fillers.
Now the corpos have another direct channel to the government. What could go wrong?
Base pay for and O5 with less than 2 years in is $80k. To some people that's a lot, but not for a techbro middle manager. So they're definitely not in it for the money.
This is not about the money.
That was my point
It's absolutely about the money, just not the paychecks.
The &*^@
It sounds like a golden era anime with cybertronic hot chicks fighting psionic entities.