unexpectedly

He then pulled off the smoothest segue of all time.

“Uh, but, um, and uh, and it’s like, it’s uh but” — the interview mercifully jumps cuts — “the thing that’s crazy unique about America,” Karp began to muse.

Not sure where else to put it, so here's a mini rant most of you have probably already realized.

The term Palantir comes from Tolkein's LoTR work. I had heard that before. But I didn't realize a Palantir is the crystal ball thingy that the baddies use to spy. And the strong of will can apparently control what others see.

Palantir

Holy fucking on the nose. Fascists not even trying to not look like fascists is the scariest thing happening.

I can tell

talking to the guy in the mirror

Alternative: he's blowhard who made up a story in the moment.

"I just find extremism interesting"

dude allegedly committed war crimes and is allegedly mega rich

as someone that is called less than human by neighbors and family I feel pride in that moniker now that I'm seeing what humans actually are.

his affinity for German culture. He has a PhD in philosophy from Goethe University Frankfurt, and draws on his background to defend Western values...

lol, these guys just say whatever they want and then expect their sycophants to run interference.

"unexpectedly"

Well yeah, he works at Palantir.