Palmer Luckey told you so

"On his raucous, relentless, revenge roadshow, the memelord weapons manufacturer has boasted to Joe Rogan that he has "plenty of money," and that when he retires he'll investigate UFOs as "the government's privately funded X-Files." He's told CBS News top dog Bari Weiss that America must become "the world's gun store," and has bragged about his distinctive métier: "I build cruise missiles, and I post on X.""

""You even need the hate of the media," Luckey told firebrand flack Lulu Cheng Meservey in a podcast cameo. "You need to be this thing that people love to hate." "Take me with a pound of salt," Luckey told Bari Weiss. "I am a propagandist.""

"Luckey's big, long gloat is in part a middle finger to Meta, née Facebook, which acquired his VR startup, Oculus, in 2014 for roughly $2 billion and, Luckey alleges, fired him in 2017 for supporting Donald Trump. (At the time, Meta denied Luckey left over his politics.) Ultimately, his gasconading is making what he calls Anduril's "killer robots" cool among investors, founders, and tech's ascendant generation."

Palmer Luckey stages a confrontational publicity tour that blends braggadocio, political provocation, and defense-industry promotion. He touts personal wealth, future UFO investigations, and bold claims about Anduril's rapid AI munitions progress. Luckey frames controversy and media hatred as strategic assets and openly calls himself a propagandist. He leverages his Oculus sale to Meta and the alleged 2017 firing to justify his posture. His rhetoric seeks to make advanced defense technology culturally and financially acceptable among investors, founders, and younger tech audiences while embracing polarizing statements to maintain visibility.

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