The U.S. Army swore in four Big Tech executives as Lieutenant Colonels: - Palantir’s CTO - Meta’s CTO - OpenAI’s Chief Product Officer - OpenAI’s former Chief Research Officer All of these people are surely connected to fascist Peter Thiel, as Zuckerberg (Meta) and Altman (OpenAI) are his protégés.
Mockery
Marriage of Militarism + Corporatism is Fascism. Full stop.
WTF? This is tech oligarch takeover of everything - including the military? So much for your "service" to We the People!?
During the first Trump admin, his own A/S Ford (Int’l security and non-pro) said, “The PRC’s “Military-Civil Fusion” Strategy Is a Global Security Threat” and “MCF is nothing like what normal countries do.” 2017-2021.state.gov/the-prcs-mil...
“American responses to the challenge of China’s ambitions in innovation ought not to envy or seek to emulate aspects of China’s model” thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
This reminds me of the former British Army practice of allowing the wealthy to purchase commissions as a means of achieving rank without those troublesome details or putting in the work, merit or ability. This policy lead to a number of catastrophes due to the incompetence of senior leadership.
Fuuuuuck that. The uniform has been betrayed.
Two words: banana republic
So social promotion now extends to the military...wow 😒
It’s going to be a tech war?
It IS a tech war, fought with bots and algorithms Certainly underway by the time of Brexit (UK). 80k Russian bots in that one, just imagine how many are on here. Drowning out these posts. WW3, in roughly its 10th year, oligarchs are winning, presently
What could go wrong? 😒
Gross
We are not doing enough. They are doing everything they can to keep us subservient.
Unbelievable! You’d think they wouldn’t want to because they know they’re not qualified. I mean, is anything related to it on your resume?
is this legal?
No It's Not
Instant Lt. Colonels? Does that make Trump a 5 Star General?
More Like A Five Star Dumbass
Yikes
bsky.app/profile/mc20...
God damn disgrace
What ?
DEI for billionaires.
Cosplay. Send them to the Middle East.
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What in the hell?
WTAF?!
This is sure to boost morale. Years of hard work and dedicated service count as nothing against political contributions. Wonder if they'll get to "retire" with benefits?
So disrespectful to those that actually EARNED their rank.
Is this DEI hires or affirmative action for the wealthy? Isn’t this exactly the kind of unfair hiring the MAGAts are against?
immediate promotion without boot camp ...
What the fuck! Well that pretty much makes a joke of our military.
The oligarchy is successfully solidifying it's control of the United States including the military. This is a terrible development, my hope is that the demons that came into power with the Trump administration are often diametrically opposed to each other and this is likely to bring their downfall.
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This is a really really bad idea ...
Fucked up country! We need to organize people across the country to fight. The day is coming when sides are drawn and we need to be ready.
After reading the article, it makes sense to get IT professionals to help the US military keep up with technological advances that could be used for and against us. The phony ranks seem designed to encourage that behavior.
The most frightening thing about this "militarization" of the tech industry is that these individuals will be just as likely to use force against American citizens on American soil as they will be to use force against foreign adversaries--perhaps even more so.
Thank you for your insight, Evan Meanwhile what about the passwords of 18 billion accounts, just who's hackers were they?
Tech-bro oligarchic elites. Or Russians. Not sure, yet. Perhaps both.
Mayday mayday this is not ok. Holy fing sh*t balls
Qualification not required- jut b a friend of donnie's.🤬
When signing up, you have to swear to uphold the constitution. Not Trump or the company you represent. We might as well start the prosecutions now.
Corruption at its best, unfortunately the military took a side and ignored their oath to the constitution. Sad day.
Blatant Fascism
Everyone of them.
Why?
Wonder if vet benefits will apply to them?
🤷🏻♀️ Though since they were sworn into the Reserves, it does make them subject to the UCMJ.
These officers' sole purpose in the Armed Forces is to invent new ways to funnel DoD money to their true employers.
Did they go to the academy first or he just handed civilians a uniform?????
The latter.
Who's going to stop the destruction of America in real time? bsky.app/profile/no2t...
Now they are subject to the UCMJ - this could be fun!!! 🤬🤬
PALANTIR can target you for surveillance & more. It can also target MAGAS for recruitment. To interfere with its algorithm, befriend a MAGA. Look for people you have other things in common with. When they investigate you, phone pings and exchanged messages will make you each look more moderate.
Can they pass the physical fitness test? They have to be tough for Hegseth's warrior ethos.
what a disgrace to those who serve not for themselves, but for the belief in America. true patriots don’t buy elections, steal elections or profit off the very people they take an oath to serve.
They need to be run through an extemely hard bootcamp. I volunteer to scream at them and break them down for eight weeks.
Well that’s Fascist
What is going on???
Where is the merit in these appointments?
There is none. Apparently, the regime defines merit on if you have billions and prefer fascism.
Mercenaries, no?
Wow. There are four sworn oaths that aren't worth the air that was breathed to make them.
They should issue them each an 8' long foam anime sword along with their oak leaves so that real soldiers can tell at a distance that this is all just cosplay.
Career officers are going to LOVE this.
Wow, this handbasket is really starting to pick up speed.
Oh WTF!
What the fuck?????
What could possibly go wrong?!
Terrifying
That's some b.s.
GI AI Joe
In case anyone is still on the fence about deleting FB and Insta…
Yes, let's make sure to enforce usage of systems which will make soldiers dumber and less creative. bsky.app/profile/rrvi...
When anyone talks about AI they should include its negative if not destructive effects. If they don’t. Don’t trust them.
Well this is f****** frightening...
Why is this allowed?
Selling our government, military and data to corporations. Or are we just giving it away?
What the fuck?!
Cosplatriots!
This is extremely questionable. I could see them becoming warrant officers, but full field grade commissions with no experience is disgusting. The rank may have been given, but the respect must be earned. Let's see if they earn it.
“How to Survive the Broligarchy”: Carole Cadwalladr on Tech Titans & Rising U.S. Authoritarianism PT1 youtu.be/htjPIaEswTk?... PT2 www.democracynow.org/2025/6/5/jou...
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How do Lieutenant Colonels who worked their way through the ranks feel about this?
I can’t speak for them, but as the daughter of one (my dad served 22 years as an Army aviator including in Korea and Vietnam) it makes me incredibly angry.
We are going to go to war so tech bros can make even more billions! The guys incapable of wiping their own asses and order lunch from a counter staffed with real people think that they can run your life better than you do.
Yeah, but how much did they pay for these bogus commissions? At least Gen. Caine (JCS) passed correspondence courses to get his military pay grade promotions. I fear for the effectiveness of our military leadership.
lol, “Kentucky colonels”
This was done during World War 2 as well, but this seems very sinister during peacetime.
WTF??
George Orwell 1984
If you are not already, boycott Meta (e.g., Instagram) and OpenAI (e.g., ChatGPT) And spread the word about Peter Thiel and Palantir as widely as possible—he and his followers are threats to democracy everywhere.
Thiel is the most dangerous person for our democracy right now. Uses Miller and Vought.
It is already concerning that this data surveillance and AI tech will be used abroad. Now, with the National Guard and Marines deployed on domestic soil, we must also worry about how this tech will be used against us. We detail ways to protect yourself and fight back in this article and thread:
Thanks for the article!
We’re also elevating the tech privacy recommendations from @wired.com if you want to jump straight to security.
NYC, Cuomo is team Palantir and techno-fascism. Don’t rank Cuomo.
Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk. They’re all the same.
Toss Andreessen in there too.
Worth reading and def following: bsky.app/profile/eff....
A loaded statement, but what appears to be the unfortunately terrifying truth of what we’re witnessing.
Watch as the military industrial complex gets to work on discrediting anti-war conservatives, and how these tech companies start to become more vocal in their support of entering the war with Iran.
These assholes would be the first ones running when war kicks off.
“Private sector know-how,” yeah, like Enron.
Fuck fuck fuck
This is disgusting.
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I thought you had to join the army and work your way up to high command. Can you just apply to be a General too?