Anduril? Is Peter Thiel involved somehow in this? (Apparently.)
Can I just say, as a lifelong Lord of the Rings fan, that I want these techbro fascist bastards, who are appropriating names from JRRT’s works, to fuck off and continue fucking off until they reach escape velocity.
[Formerly Classified Documents Get the Fine Art Treatment - The New York Times (nytimes.com)]
There were people in Tolkien’s universe interested in developing powerful new weapons, and they were generally not the good guys – the entire LOTR trilogy was all about destroying one rather than using it! Apparently tech bros never understand the point of anything they read, no matter how much the author spoon feeds it to them. It’s honestly amazing just how inane they are.
YOU get a Patriot missile system and YOU get a Patriot missile system!
