Leigh McGowan Warns: Elites Using Government Power Now Seizing Military Control
June 26, 2025
THEY CONTROL YOUR DATA — NOW THEY CONTROL THE MILITARY.
No training. No service. Just tech billionaires handed lieutenant colonel ranks in the U.S. Army.
Palantir (Peter Thiel), Meta (Zuckerberg), and OpenAI (Sam Altman) now sit one rank below a general.
Why?
To bypass background checks. To gain military access. To blur the line between surveillance capitalism and military power.
This is not protection.
This is techno-authoritarianism in uniform.
And you’re not supposed to question it.
@iampoliticsgirl
English Script:
Leigh McGowan: I genuinely cannot believe I’m saying this and that it is not a top of the page headline story across the country, but the US Army just swore in four tech executives as lieutenant colonels, the CTO of Palantir, PeterThiel’s company, the CTO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s company and OpenAI’s chief product officer and former chief research officer, the company belonging to Sam Altman. These four men are all now one rank away from a General, second in command for field grade officers. There are 16 ranks lower than a lieutenant colonel, and these four untrained civilians just leapfrogged over soldiers who have dedicated their entire career and lives to the US military. Apparently, these men are going to work on targeted projects to help guide rapid and scalable tech solutions to complex problems. A sentence that means absolutely nothing. Because clearly, this is just a way of giving these companies access to top secret information without them having to go through any pesky background checks. And if that doesn’t scare you, it really should, because we already know that Palantir is building a massive centralized database using much of the information they acquired from DOGE, Elon Musk’s foray into the American government. These billionaire tech bros. Are compiling lists of our most sensitive information: our tax records, medical data, bank accounts, social security information, immigration status. This administration is allowing them to build the infrastructure for techno feudalism. Authoritarianism in the form of data and surveillance. It is a horrifying and blatant conflict of interest that harms the safety and security of all Americans. There should not be this much overlap between private tech and the US government, certainly not between private tech and the US military. I do not know how asleep at the wheel Congress can possibly be, but they should be shutting this down immediately. And every single one of us should be demanding that they do it. The people who are using the government against you are now taking over military authority. The corruption is calculated and staggering, and I can only hope our veterans and active duty military are paying incredibly close attention. And now that you know, you should be talking about it.
