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LudwigPastorius

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15. He's talking about how to sell TechnoFascism to the American public.

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:09 AM

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i.e. If you AI companies want to continue to grow and profit, you're going to have to offer the Government and the Military Industrial Complex your product without guardrails, and you're going to have to frame this as the ONLY WAY to maintain "truth, justice, and the American way".

Karp, besides currently providing the government with snooping software for total information awareness, is all in on developing autonomous AI weapons in the name of defending "Western values".

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