Could someone fully explain the mullvad controversy. From my knowledge so far it seems like the cofounder donated to an alt right party and it’s probably a bad sign for the company. Anything I’m missing?

  • eremophila@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    One of the co-founders/co-ceo’s almost single handedly funded a racist political party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Örebro_Party that wants Sweden to manufacture weapons.

    The other co-founder/co-ceo stated he did not agree with it, but also doesn’t really care because ‘free speech’

    Mullvad stated that users who were not happy could apply for refunds. some have, some haven’t.

    Lemmy, and other social media platforms have multiple threads about this, including very obviously biased threads designed to mislead people into believing it was the company who made the donation, or that there is only one ceo.

    Paying mullvad does equal funding that political party.

    • nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf
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      7 days ago

      The Örebro Party (Swedish: Örebropartiet, ÖP or ÖrP) is a political party in Sweden. The party was initially only a local party in Örebro, Sweden. Markus Allard is the party leader. According to Allard the party cannot be placed anywhere on the traditional left-right spectrum. The party has been variously characterised as left-wing and right-wing, as well as populist, nationalist and conservative.

      Some key issues for the Örebro Party locally include strong secularism, a 30-hour workweek with retained pay, lowered wages for politicians, expanded social housing, abolishing preschool-fees, making public transport free of charge,[3] ending taxpayer funding of what it sees as wasteful sculptures, monuments and art and introducing free dental care.[4][5] Nationally the party has set out large-scale remigration, closing the Swedish borders to immigration, a stricter assimilation policy and ending taxes on energy and fuel as some of its key issues.[6][7]

      Don’t see anything particularly racist. And since when domestic weapons manufacture is the problem?

      • eremophila@lemmy.zip
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        6 days ago

        I’m sure you can hand select passages about hitler that also suit your stance while making him seem like kermit the frog.

        Since when are weapons not a problem?

        • nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf
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          6 days ago

          These are literally the first passages from Wikipedia.

          What country doesn’t have domestic weapons manufacturing? Is it a problem when US or France do it?

          • eremophila@lemmy.zip
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            6 days ago

            Yes of course it is a problem when the usa, france, russia etc do it, it obviously makes them evil countries. Weapons exist to kill.

            The usa is responsible for approximately 42% of the global arms market. 1 country, 42%, clearly not the good guys.

      • trevor (any/all) @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        7 days ago

        “Remigration” is ethnic displacement. There is most definitely something racist about that. It’s up there with some of the most heinous crimes against humanity you can commit.

    • mildseason@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      But the profits of the company are being used to fund that political party. If people cancel their subscription the Mullvad CEO will earn less money and won’t be able to spend as much funding racial segregation. You should vote with your wallet as much as possible.