cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8915892
(original article in Swedish that reported this)
Posting this because I hadn't heard about it before and I'm probably not the only Mullvad user here, so might as well.
The party claims to stand for a "class-conscious populism" which according to party leader Markus Allard takes inspiration from marxist ideology and unites the "productive" classes of society against the "Transferiat", with the "Transferiat" being a term coined by Allard to describe the classes of society that lives off transfers that are a net negative for society such as those who, despite having an ability to work, live off social welfare benefits, as well as those who work "made-up services"[...]
The party differs from modern day left-wing parties by seeing the working class as co-dependent with people working in enterprise and business and instead sees the classes that "live off transfers", as specified, as a large economic net-negative and an obstacle for a functional society.
Their ideology is nonsense fake-marxist revisionism to redirect anger at capitalism and turn it against immigrants and people who need social welfare (though they do back some generally left oriented social policies, their main thing appears to be racism)
Even if you're comfortable with funding this, it still begs the question of just how trustworthy Mullvad actually is.
I guess this still beats any of the dozens of Israeli VPNs that definitely spy on you, but it's not great
You guys are gonna lose your shit when you find out where your tax dollars are winding up... Or your phone purchase dollars... Or your electricity bill dollars...
Are you alive and spending? If the answer is yes, congratulations you cause pain and suffering.
Yet you participate in society. Curious.
Yeah this is the type of response I expected. An unserious meme potshot because that truth is too uncomfortable.
Yet you're still participating in this thread. Curious.
Some of us try to make conscientious choices though, we do not assume that every dollar that flows through our hands doesn't have blood on it, but we make choices based on the information we find.
Your 'argument' while accurate, is also encouraging apathy.
What's the difference in apathy and inaction?
Nothing.
In reality nothing
I was refunded, I was not apathetic, I make conscientious choices based on the information I am able to obtain.
'If in doubt, find out, or go without'
I'm never going to assume I know everything, or that everything is static, but I approach corporations, governments, social media, humanity, cynically... for good reason.
My phone company is evil, sure. And individual consumer choice has limited utility in a world where all the phone companies are evil, which is why consumers should get organized.
But if I find out that my evil phone company is the primary financier of my or another country's most prominent Nazi party that's advocating for Nazi policies, I'm switching to the other evil phone company. Not a difficult decision?
They're all evil, bud. That's my point. You're causing harm to someone somewhere with the things you spend your money on. Folks can downvote all they want, but what I'm saying is true. Doing the least damage isn't doing no damage.
Try reading my comment again.