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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)
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The IT company Mullvad’s founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a giant donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive re-immigration” from Sweden. “It’s sad that it’s needed,” he told Flamman.

~ https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

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[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

No, it was not just that—also the Republican Party as a whole:

Proton CEO Andy Yen praised the Republican Party in a post on X, declaring that “10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.” When the tweet went viral, Proton’s official Reddit account posted a now-deleted comment stating that “Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.”

Not only is it flat out wrong but it is also laughably so.

[–] NotSafeForWorld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh shit that's wild. It's like they didn't see all the tech folks lining up to kiss the ring. And all the Republicans passing ID laws (tho in this issue Dems aren't really fighting back)