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Reason
Elizabeth Nolan Brown

This Big Tech Firm Wants To Reinstate the Draft

"We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost," says military contractor and all-around surveillance-enabler Palantir.

The big data company—whose analysis tools help power everything from "predictive policing" in U.S. cities to military operations in Gaza—recently released a 22-point manifesto that's perhaps best described as bootlicking, though icky, elitist, and ultranationalistic would also do.

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