I think a lot of progressives have this huge blind spot right now where they fundamentally cannot empathize with their opponents at all. Of course Palantir is proud of their work, this is basically their raison d'etre. They are not somehow evil and also deeply ashamed of what they're doing, they genuinely think what they are doing is right.

You can write cope like this all you want but it doesn't change the fact I can ship a feature in few days that previously would have taken me a few weeks.

I was totally with it until they started talking about the real world again. The Department of War was called that up until 1947 when it was renamed to the euphemistic Department of Defense (or more specifically merged with the Department of the Navy which was previously separate). It has nothing to do with the right to self defense, the undermining of which would make a great paragraph here comparing modern self defense law the world over with schoolhouse rules.

Just because there are defensible reasons around a fashion trend doesn't mean it's not a fashion trend.

No, that's exactly what at least some of them think and it's why the market has been so volatile lately.