• dev_null@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    So you are telling me that Persona somehow became Thiel’s shell company when he bought a 10% stake in it? What about the the owners of the other 90% of the company? How is a company that exists for 7 years and has tons of products and customers a shell company? That’s the opposite of what a shell company is.

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      4 days ago

      No, I’m telling you what I’m literally telling you. If you think Palantir is not going to have their data, I have a bridge to sell you.

      Shell companies are what used for tax avoidance, the tactic is the same: work influence through separate companies also controlled by you. I am not surprised someone from the .ml is defending the worst aspects of capitalism by nitpicking criticism against them, take that as you will.

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        4 days ago

        Nobody said anything about Palantir not having any data, so don’t try to strawman, of course they can have the data.

        I said the identity verification tech was Persona, not Palantir. If you want to say that Palantir has access to Persona’s data, be my guest. That doesn’t change the fact it was not Palantir’s identity verification tech that was hacked, which is what I corrected.

        Please consult any dictionary on “shell company” and let me know how Persona fits the definition of having no assets or operations, and doing no business activities. Because it sure looks to me like they have assets, business activities, and are quite an active, real business.

        Isn’t the stereotypical .ml user a pro-Russian tankie? Why would they defend capitalism, they all want capitalism to burn, lol.

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          4 days ago

          I already explained to you what I meant. If it is not getting through, it is not getting through.

          Isn’t the stereotypical .ml user a pro-Russian tankie?

          It’s the why.

          A couple of Marxist-Leninist hardliners walk into a bar and kick out everyone else.

          The bartender asks, «Какие темы должно продвигать это „Агентство интернет-исследований“»?