From Orwell to Reality: Big Data, Big Brother or how Palantir takes over the state

To say that one does not care about privacy because one has nothing to hide is no different than saying that one does not care about freedom of speech because one has nothing to say.
–Edward Snowden

We have to decide whether we want our fear to overwhelm us. Once upon a time, our country had the standard of "innocent until proven guilty." We've given up so much. Now people are talking about a new standard: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." Think about it. Is that really the standard we want to live by?
– Sen. Rand Paul

What I ultimately fear is that—if our privacy is taken away, if our free will is taken away, if we connect with machines in deeper ways—at some point we will cease to be recognizable as human. And so I believe that our humanity is, in some ways, existentially threatened.
– Franklin Foer

Big brother is watching you.
- George Orwell, 1984

The Fourth Amendment to the inalienable Bill of Rights of the United States of America states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall be issued, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularizing the places to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Without personal privacy, we are all potential victims of the "secret police."

In April 2024, Speaker Mike Johnson voted against an amendment that would have required a search warrant to access data under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). President Biden strongly opposed the amendment, but former President Trump declared, "Kill FISA, it was used illegally against me and many others. They spied on my campaign." There are cameras everywhere, watching people.

Traffic light cameras are automated systems used by police to monitor intersections and catch drivers running red lights or not wearing seatbelts. License plate readers have been installed across the country. Stores and public buildings are equipped with cameras. Even self-checkout lanes at supermarkets have cameras. The National Security Agency (NSA) once collected metadata from the phone calls of millions of Americans. Although this program has been scaled back, it was a massive invasion of privacy. The NSA and other agencies are known to monitor internet communications and track location data—often without a warrant.

Privacy is dying.

Since 1990, the US government has been building different "digital" puzzle pieces around its citizens. We are entering a world that some call a "digital concentration camp" – more deadly than the three members of the "Axis of Evil," more dangerous than the United Nations Agenda 21/30 with Smart Cities, 15-minute cities and the Wildlands Project, and even more threatening than WHO or WEF.

It's complete control. It's the digital monster that will alert the "secret police."

Trump relies on Palantir
The Trump administration commissioned Peter Thiel's notorious data analytics firm, Palantir, to build a "master database" of people in the United States. This makes it easy to link sensitive information such as tax and immigration data. Peter Thiel is co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies, a major data analytics firm. He also co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook. He is married to Matt Danzeisen, and they have two adopted children. In 2016, Thiel publicly came out as gay.

After studying at Stanford, Thiel worked as Assistant to a Federal Judge, as a securities lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell (the Dulles brothers' law firm), as a speechwriter for the former US Secretary of Education, the Neo-Con William Bennett and as a derivatives traders at Credit SuisseThiel is a member of the Bilderberg Group and friends with Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google. Together they introduced JD Vance to Trump at Mar-a-Lago – after Vance was supposedly "cured" of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Rumor has it that they promised Trump financial support if he makes Vance vice president.

Palantir is now a central part of the government.

Named after the all-seeing crystals from Tolkien's world, Palantir claims to help governments and corporations understand data. In reality, it offers total control. It's a data-hungry leviathan, backed by billionaires and the defense establishment. Originating from an anti-fraud algorithm at PayPal, Thiel and Alex Karp transformed the tool into military magic—for surveillance and subjugation. Founded in 2004 with a $2 million investment from the CIA through its venture capital arm In-Q-Tel, Palantir's "Gotham" platform was created to "meld" intelligence information. Today, Palantir operates four platforms.

"Gotham" is devouring vast amounts of personal data from millions of Americans – sanctioned by government stamps and $794 million in taxpayer money from the U.S. Army, Space Force, Special Operations, and even the FDA. Investors include Founders Fund, Morgan Stanley, In-Q-Tel, Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street. 2021 The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended its contract with Palantir to support the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. In 2020, Palantir had already partnered with the platforms «HHS Protect" and "Tiberius» designed to track the production, distribution, and administration of Operation Warp Speed—including population risk assessment regarding mask wearing, social distancing, lockdowns, and vaccination.

Aptly named: Tiberius was the second emperor of Rome (14–37 AD). Initially cautious and competent, his reign ended in isolation and cruelty. Foundry is another Palantir platform that serves as an operating system for organizations. It not only stores data but also analyzes it. As described in "Minority Report" (2002): Foundry predicts what you might do. It assigns risk scores, flags "troublemakers," creates psychological profiles, and prepares algorithmic deportations. Foundry actually profiles the population before anything even happens. This is no longer science fiction like in the 2002 movie. It's real and it's already here. Former Palantir employees have confirmed this and are themselves being monitored before they can raise the alarm.

The Chinese Communist Party monitors all its citizens via camera, wherever they are, like in the old TV series with Jim Caviezel, Person of InterestPalantir's Foundry makes China's social credit system look like child's play. But this isn't communist China—it's the United States of America. And its citizens are being outsourced to a private company. This is precisely what should scare us all.

Alex Karp said in an interview with NPR"Palantir is here to disrupt, to make our partner institutions world-class, and—if necessary—to terrify and occasionally kill our enemies." Today, the tool is integrated into Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the CDC, ICE, and other agencies. Former employee Juan Sebastian Pinto said: "I can't live in a world where my grandchildren are run through a database that tracks their every post, every move, and every thought." He even fears for his own safety. NPR reporter Bobby Allyn: "Many Palantir employees wanted to warn, but they are bound to silence by nondisclosure agreements."

DOGE and Palantir
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aggressively collected sensitive data, breached firewalls, and hired former Palantir employees. Palantir uses the collected data to create AI profiles of every American. Wikileaks warned: Palantir is the spearhead of the US surveillance machine. According to Wired reporter Makena Kelly, Palantir is becoming the "government's operating system." Thanks to Trump's Executive Order #14243 (Ending Information Silos) of March 20, 2025, all data – from social security to health records – will flow into a central pool that Palantir will tap into, sort, and use as a weapon.

This system can be used against dissidents. It monitors political views, protests, and personal habits. It assigns risk points, soon in real time – using AI and behavioral analysis, combined with GPS and financial data. Benjamin Franklin warned: "Those who give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Palantir's Federal Advisory Board
In October 2022, Palantir expanded its Federal Advisory Board by four members:

• Deborah Birx, COVID czar, notorious for lockdowns and manipulated CDC data
• Will Hurd, ex-CIA, ex-Congressman, Trump critic
• General Gustave Perna, Chief of Logistics for Operation Warp Speed, now at DEFCON AI
• Greg Simon, former director of the Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative

In addition, the Pentagon appointed four top executives from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI to the rank of lieutenant colonel—without any military background. Contracts were signed shortly before the inauguration.

Conclusion
In 2003, the project «Total Information Awareness» by DARPA after public outcry setToday, Palantir is more deeply embedded than ever before. It earns over $3 billion annually from surveillance software. Much of this goes to law enforcement, combating human trafficking, improving administrative efficiency, and supporting the military—for example, in Israeli airstrikes or the persecution of migrants.

But: Palantir will survive Trump. And if someone sees freedom as a threat? What then? Without civilian oversight or transparency, it amounts to "government by black box." Palantir doesn't want to overthrow governments. It wants to lead them – in the background, as an "advisor." Our world is transforming into a monstrous system of surveillance, manipulation, and mental enslavement. Control over AI is lost, and the transformation is frightening. Humanity threatens to become irrelevant – replaceable and disposable.

Palantir's AI has total control. And we're in its crosshairs.