It you think that Palantir is the one doing the scamming, then oh boy, wait until you see what the likes of Deloitte/McKinsey do.
Hint: Palantir customers sign contracts with them not because they get coerced into it due to some vaguely political reasons, but because they are miles above the competition (with the competition here beiny the usual massive top government contractor suspects).
Which might be saying more about their competition than Palantir itself, but nonetheless. This has been true for at least the past 3 US presidents, and I can confirm as much since the 2nd Obama’s term.