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

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

#181

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...

So far in this thread you’re the only one mentioning punching anyone in the face.

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

#183

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...

> "punch em in the face" Very weird interpretation of "voluntarily choose to not continue supporting them financially" Presumably you want everyone to be forcibly compelled to finance the political parties they disagree with? And you would define this as a democratic society?

Punishing a company because someone does something in their free time with their own money ....

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

#184

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…

In some ways I would say it could even increase trust: if the guy is a privacy absolutist, ultra-libertarian, "my business is not the state's business" type, his VPN products are likely to be pretty good.

On the other hand, he might have other strong right-wing views that users don't agree with, and which might take precedence in one's set of priorities. If I like football and they like football, but they also want to kill me because of , I don't think I'd want to give them my money.

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

#185

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...

For most people, the concern is the money, not the voting. People don't want wealthy people reshaping politics to fit their interests through their wealth. They can vote for whomever they want.

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

#186
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Hi, Mullvad has two owners, founders, and CEOs - Daniel Berntsson, and me, Fredrik Strömberg. All posts I've seen yesterday and today, including the newspaper articles, talk about Mullvad as if Daniel is the single owner, founder and CEO. It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission. If you have any questions, comments or concerns you're welcome t…

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

#187

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

A right to say something is not the same as the right to say (and do) something without being called out on it.

He has the right to do what he’s doing. Other people have the right to react and say “That sucks, it’s against my values, I no longer trust you or want to do business with you.”

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

#189

To be fair, Örebropartiet can also be called an extreme left party. It’s complicated… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Party

I don't see how, given their answers to simple questions as described in the "2026 run up to the elections" section, this party could ever be considered a leftist party.
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