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

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Post by hnarn »

aleda145 wrote: post #499

Örebropartiet is like the weirdest party in Sweden. It's named after "Örebro", a Swedish city with 125k population. The party's founder, Markus Allard, used to be far left politician before turning far right. Their party program is all over the place. They stand for free dental care, direct democracy and deporting immigrants. Marcus is also known for profanity and foul language in council meetings. An oddity in Swedi…

> Markus Allard, used to be far left politician before turning far right.

Less weird than you might think, Mussolini was one of the most prominent socialists in Italy before turning fascist.

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Post by dbl000 »

iamnothere wrote: post #482
jespinel wrote: post #306

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Notice how these people almost never go after the management of major multinationals, or even places like car dealerships and real estate firms. It’s almost always companies and projects that are critical to freedom and privacy. That should tell you all you need to know.

A bit naive, but I'd guess that privacy supporting projects might tend to attract people on the political extreme so you see people are more passionate about this?

The average person who wants (or sells) a car probably doesn't have many strong feels on politics. The average person who goes out of their way to be to buy a specific privacy focused VPN is probably a bit more in tune politically and likely to have stronger feelings.

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Post by carlosjobim »

helterskelter wrote: post #498
myrmidon wrote: post #472

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An honest question: Would you like to live in a world where company/employer exerts more control over the views that are publicly expressed? Do you actually want voting to happen via wallet? This whole view kinda confounds me. I don't see how you can honestly profess to be on the tolerant/right side, morally, while trying to boycott someones business over his political views. Would you have preferred early feminists…

This is about what customers are comfortable supporting. This guy doesn't just have what many consider to be unpalatable political beliefs, he's one of the biggest funders of what many consider to be an unpalatable political party. Lots of people don't want to give money to something which they feel will in part be funneled to an organization which is antithetical to their views. Realistically, I kind of doubt Mullva…

> what many consider to be an unpalatable political party

That description fits every political party everywhere in the world.

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Post by panarky »

armchairhacker wrote: post #453
panarky wrote: post #398

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>> Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment ... Karl Popper said, "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." >> the same way that someone's opinions on animal…

> restricting the free expression of people I don’t support remigration, but calling immigration “the free expression of people” is a stretch. It’s orthogonal. You can argue that remigration isn’t protecting the privacy of those who are surveilled by the government or deported to repressive countries that surveil their population. But Mullvad’s product protects even those people (it must, because it hides the identit…

Örebropartiet policies directly target and restrict the religious, educational, and cultural expression of people who legally reside in Sweden.

Their polices focus on the way people dress, the languages they speak in public, the institutions and schools they build, the traditions they practice.

People would be forced to self-censor their speech, their beliefs, and their behavior.

It's not a "stretch". It's the whole program.

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Post by aoshifo »

daneel_w wrote: post #318
thepaulmcbride wrote: post #314

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There are literally dozens of us that either live outside the US or are from other countries

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No I cannot. When my money is being used to sow hatred and division in the world, I will take my money elsewhere. Unfortunately, the list of unusable services is growing by the day. But to me standing up for what I believe in is more important than the convenience of using a good service.

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Post by devindotcom »

myrmidon wrote: post #491
panarky wrote: post #398

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment ... Karl Popper said, "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." >> the same way that someone's opinions on animal…

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I see... so the people boycotting companies over jim crow policies in the civil rights era were the intolerant ones?

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Post by tencentshill »

daneel_w wrote: post #315

To the people using Mullvad I have two sincere and unpopular questions: do you actively scrutinize and examine the key people of every service and product you use, or is it just a reflexive change of footing whenever you happen upon news like this? Also, do you really switch , or is it just a heat of moment kind of thing and an opportunity to profess yourself?

It gives me an excuse to really examine why I started using their product or service and take the time to research alternatives. If the alternative is better, great. If not, what am I willing to lose? Money, convenience, reliability? These are questions you don't want a happy paying customer asking.

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Post by ailun »

mattrighetti wrote: post #229

I use Mullvad because it physically prevents anyone from logging my data. What a co-owner does with his personal money in a local Swedish municipal election has zero impact on the code protecting my traffic. Did a quick research - calling a party that campaigns for a 30-hour work week and socialist dental care 'far-right' just because they have a strict immigration policy shows how carelessly people throw labels arou…

Remigration is more than a strict immigration policy. And calling legal immigrants parasites is going too far.
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