The reason why Palantir is the "tech boogieman" is because it willingly and enthusiastically sells its tech to governments specifically for surveillance reasons, and even consults them as to how best integrate it all. And then we look at the politics of its owner, and it's explicitly anti-democratic - so it's not a coincidence.

And yes, of course, complaining about Palantir online isn't going to change the government policy. But if working for Palantir means that no other self-respecting software engineer will want to shake your hand, then fewer people will want to work there, and their surveillance tech will be lower quality and have more holes in it.