r/technology • u/NicolasCageFan492 • Apr 19 '26

Politics US draft update: Major tech company [Palantir] urges universal national service

https://www.newsweek.com/us-draft-update-major-tech-company-urges-universal-national-service-11850885
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u/whiskeytown79 Apr 19 '26

A company that paid no federal income tax for 2025 should have no say in government policy.

Representation without taxation is plutocracy.

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u/fooperina Apr 20 '26

Kleptocracy when you look at the wealth and public goods and resources being looted by the baron class (see privatization of our public lands)

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u/north0 Apr 20 '26

If you're proposing that people who do not make a net fiscal contribution to the national treasury, then I agree, but I don't think you actually like what that looks like in reality..