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

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Post by throwawaypath »

josh2600 wrote: post #840
throwawaypath wrote: post #838

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>Slightly tangential on Swedish society, there are similarities between USA and Sweden. There's a large segment of society that is white and very blond, and there's a largish segment which is not. There are no similarities at play here. Swedes are the native, indigenous people to Sweden. "White people" in the US are not native nor indigenous to the US.

Only if you pretend the Sami's don't exist, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_people

The existence of the Sami does not falsify the following fact: Swedes are the native, indigenous people to Sweden.

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

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Post by aarjaneiro »

kfreds wrote: post #641
gpvos wrote: post #198

"Mullvad AB and its parent company Amagicom AB are 100% owned by founders [1 person] and Daniel Berntsson [...]"[0] So I'll assume he owns about 50%. Well, that ends my usage of Mullvad.[1] I appreciate that probably many of Mullvad's employees have different views, and obviously Berntsson has every right to his opinions and to express them, and I also appreciate that someone can have control over an opinionated comp…

I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, Daniel and I own 50% each. > obviously Berntsson has every right to his opinions and to express them Indeed. > and I also appreciate that someone can have control over an opinionated company and run it for one particular set of reasons but not for other causes that someone believes in That is exactly the case. > but in the end I just don't want my money supporting anti-people causes. As i…

Is your buddy incapable of speaking on his own behalf? Im sure he's aware of the reputational damage he's caused your company by now...

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

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Post by SpecialistK »

drbscl wrote: post #395
guerrilla wrote: post #374

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> Nationalist, sure. That's pretty far-right by itself. The fact that they want mass deportations should solidify it for you though.

It's definitely possible to be a left-wing nationalist

Canada's (mainstream) nationalism is also part of its political left.

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

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Post by fastball »

iAMkenough wrote: post #685
fastball wrote: post #448

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How do you figure?

Money that leaves your wallet and goes to Mullvad ends up funding politicians that believe non-whites shouldn’t have speech at all, as a personal choice by a top executive of the company. The company’s values aren’t reflected accurately if you believe your money is funding free speech regardless of race.

It's a company: the deal is that they help enable free speech of their customers, not everyone on earth or everyone in Sweden or anywhere else.

A great litmus test for the (somewhat outrageous) claims in this thread: does Mullvad refuse to provide service to non-white immigrants in Sweden? If yes, then you have a point. If no, I do not think Mullvad is the entity that is confused in this situation.

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Post by HDBaseT »

gpvos wrote: post #198

"Mullvad AB and its parent company Amagicom AB are 100% owned by founders [1 person] and Daniel Berntsson [...]"[0] So I'll assume he owns about 50%. Well, that ends my usage of Mullvad.[1] I appreciate that probably many of Mullvad's employees have different views, and obviously Berntsson has every right to his opinions and to express them, and I also appreciate that someone can have control over an opinionated comp…

Lets remember for a second that Mullvad has enabled people on all side of the political spectrum to communicate online, anonymously. This is more noble than almost anything else. Mullvad has enabled freedom for yourself, and millions of others, regardless of their political or personal leans.

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Post by throw-the-towel »

iAMkenough wrote: post #682
gustavus wrote: post #662

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For whatever it's worth I use Mullvad because it lets me pay in Bitcoin is super easy to re-up and is super anonymous. I don't really give a darn who you voted for or what your founder did. I like the product I'll keep using it.

Do you happen to drive a Tesla?

Even if they do, it's none of your business.

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Post by rdedev »

mrhottakes wrote: post #335
gray_-_wolf wrote: post #194

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Yes, I check whether my local bakery is run by people with hateful politics.

There is a thing called political power. The local baker may be the most vile racist out there but he cannot affect my life. The CEO bank rolling a political party can

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Post by HDBaseT »

fzeroracer wrote: post #837
JuniperMesos wrote: post #754

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I'm a long-time Mullvad customer, and I respect what the company has been doing and the pro-privacy political stance it openly and publicly stands for. I agree that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission, and shouldn't be. But what I do care about, strongly, is that Mullvad as a company doesn't bow to pressure from pro-immigration activists who are attempting to impo…

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Mullvad isn't doing anything here. A person within Mullvad is.

If I work for Google and buy a BMW, that doesn't mean Google endorses BMW.

> while cozying up to the government

Uh, the Örebro Party isn't even elected. In fact, they have 0 seats at the Swedish parliament.

A political entity =/= The Government.

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Post by fc417fc802 »

dijit wrote: post #534
ZeroGravitas wrote: post #359

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Spot the odd one out: > Some of its key issues include lowered wages for politicians, ending the tax payer funding of various sculptures, monuments and art, large scale remigration, a stricter immigration policy, and free dental care.

To understand why there might be a desire to limit spending on art; There was a recent case where city of Malmo was building a hospital; during the building of the hospital it was decided that a splice of the oldest tree in the world would be installed. A very expensive life-support system was developed and an enormous amount of money paid for the splice. (not including the life support system, which was also an inor…

I think government art projects the western world over would fare better if they went through a reasonably local direct democracy type process. Instead we get unelected bureaucrats with absolutely bizarre tastes commissioning wildly expensive projects that the majority don't really appreciate. Even though that only describes a minority of cases I think it shouldn't be any surprise that it results in backlash and defunding.
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