The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party • Hacker News Board

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by ursula2 » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC

orliesaurus wrote: post #146

does it change your trust in the company? For some people, the answer is obviously yes. For others, they'll judge Mullvad purely by its track record, audits, and technical design. Honestly, you could say the same about the CEO of ANDURIL in the US - the Oculus guy...but he just cares about the US and wants to make money by making weapon systems etc. Is he a bad person? Is he a patriot? Who knows, I ain't gonna play t…

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Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by grim_io » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

thendrill wrote: post #150

I love how we pretend to live in a free democratic society where everyone is free to make up their own mind and vote for what they believe... ...as long as they don't have opinions that differ from ours, in that case we might punch em in the face...

What's wrong with choosing who you give your money to?

Is that somehow undemocratic?

Is anyone censoring the guy?

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by calcifer » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

thendrill wrote: post #150

I love how we pretend to live in a free democratic society where everyone is free to make up their own mind and vote for what they believe... ...as long as they don't have opinions that differ from ours, in that case we might punch em in the face...

You have freedom of speech to advocate for your politics. The rest of us have the freedom of association to not want to be involved with you in any way.

These are not contradictory - they are both essential freedoms.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by easytiger » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

Far right? It's run by a literal marxist communist.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by steinvakt2 » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

A headline and 20 comments and no mention of what this party actually stands for. Only simple labels such as "far-right". Ehh. The Republican Party in America is EXTREMELY far right by Swedish standards. So maybe one should base this on the actual substance rather than labels?

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by hootz » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

lukewarm707 wrote: post #157

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

There are some things that I won't ever defend your right of saying them, to be honest.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by sourcegrift » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

0xy wrote: post #159

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Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by Risse » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

cryo32 wrote: post #144

Well guess I won’t be renewing my subscription this month then. Any other verified sources?

Somewhat of a verification, here's Mullvad's response to the post on Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116822244689326681

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by yde_java » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

thendrill wrote: post #150

I love how we pretend to live in a free democratic society where everyone is free to make up their own mind and vote for what they believe... ...as long as they don't have opinions that differ from ours, in that case we might punch em in the face...

Haters will now say that the far right will destroy exactly that: "our" democracy. The Western morality is a joke, and many HN readers comment like an infant. I feel ashamed.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by teekert » Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC

lukewarm707 wrote: post #157

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

We need to add something to this nice rule about using services that are good from people we don't (fully) agree with.

I'm not personally inclined to be so strict about this, but there are people with objections against the Proton CEO who once agreed with Trump on twitter, or DHH (there is this one blogpost about his extreme views). Etc.