what is it with vpn ceos n being fascists
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They're not fascists. They are liberals - and like liberal elites throughout history, they are utterly incapable of defending their precious private property by themselves. That is what they need the hencherproletariat for - fascists.
Fascism does not beget fascism - liberalism begets fascism. The liberal economic order is popping rivets all over the place... so some of these elites are building bunkers in New Zealand, while others do what liberal elites have always done when their power and privilege is facing a threat from below - feeding growth hormone to the vilest and most violent elements of the working class - the hencherproletariat. That is why you see liberals like Trump, Musk and literally a "whose who" laundry list of liberal elites enabling fascists and inviting them into power structures - they are essentially holding auditions for Hitlers and Pinochets.
I think it comes with the being a ceo. Become a legal parasite, get a free fascism.
Ah fuck, are there any decent alternatives? I know no VPN CEO is going to be the most amazing person but can they at least be a meek liberal or something?
Motherfucker... What is it with VPN providers and fascism? Are there any VPN providers that don't have fascist CEOs (or that don't sing praises about fascists) and have opensource clients?
Proton already has a CEO who likes Trump, so I don't trust it. I know of IVPN and Windscribe which have opensource VPNs. No idea about their bosses political leanings or donations.
Edit: I can't read Swedish, but I ran it through DeepL and it's not naming a source. Donations seem to be public but anonymised.
it’s not naming a source.
The Flame emailed Daniel Berntsson and he admitted that the donation was from him. The Flame is a newspaper that's over a hundred years old, I think that makes them somewhat reputable. and if it's not true, then we'll see a statement from Mullvad and probably a lawsuit, don't you agree?
First, Bitwarden. And now Mullvad. Those were like the only two “good” things left that I use. Great products that are led by not great people. Sigh.
for Bitwarden, a much better replacement is Vaultwarden. it's very easy to run yourself, or you can find other servers elsewhere run by people. best part about it is that since every client acts as a full backup, if a server shuts down then you can just transfer your data elsewhere with no issues.
I know someone who runs their own server, which is what I use.
Wikipedia article on the party he donated to. Started off as a quasi-Marxist, became red fash seems to be the summation.
Immigration and remigration policy quote
Markus Allard initiated heavy debate in 2025 by claiming that Sweden is "the land for/belongs to the Swedes" and that the Örebro party favors a large scale remigration policy. He also criticized the Sweden Democrats for, according to him, allowing too many immigrants into the country under their watch as confidence and supply to the Kristersson cabinet.
In 2026 ÖP party leader Markus Allard sparked controversy on several occasions. In a debate hosted by Studio3 with Liberal member of parliament Martin Melin, Allard asked: "why won't the Liberals push for deporting 100 000 social welfare-Somalis?" and in the same debate said that "Sweden belongs to the Swedes. We have to make sure that we take care of our own damn people and we must deport these damn parasites who sit and live at our expense." [45]
In a podcast segment about immigration and deportations Allard stated his opinion and said that "They will also be forced to leave, even if they are born in Sweden, because they have no natural connection to Sweden. They are not Swedish." [46]
Mass deportation of 100,000's of thousands or millions of people seem pretty clear cut fascism. It looks like technically the donations were made right before those quotes, but I doubt that came out of nowhere suddenly starting in 2025 and if it was, then that's on the CEO to make a point to distance themself from the party and correct their mistake through meaningful actions.
Oh well. Get some money, start kicking down. Is that the model? Rather disappointing, I have to say.
keeping the poors at each others throats is the universal feature of the rich and elite. it's how they stay in power. if the people ever united together, then we would be unstoppable and they know it.
Wtf , so commercial vpns are dead to me now. What's the best option? a small cloudserver plus a proxy of some sort? Glad I got a way to pay anon with card already set up
Anyone has any decent anglophone sources on this yet?
Same ole' Europe.
"Five million kroner. That's how much money the populist Örebro Party received in 2025 – from a single person. This is shown by the party's income statement, which Flamman has read."
Without a link I guess I'll just trust that the reporter is telling the truth /s
I imagine the sarcasm is because you're one of the people who believe that Mullvad can do no wrong, but in case you're serious, here you go.
https://donation.watch/en/sweden/party/1152/donors
https://www.kammarkollegiet.se/vara-tjanster/insyn-i-partiers-finansiering/hitta-statistik-pa-redovisade-intakter/intaktsredovisningar-politiska-aktorer-2018-och-framat
I don't see his name there. It just says "private donor" (but I don't speak Swedish).
From the article OP linked to:
Behind the giant donation is Daniel Berntsson, founder and co-owner of the internationally successful IT company Mullvad.
“This is a donation from me personally,” he wrote in an email to Flamman.
he's the private donor. The Flame asked him over email and he admitted it. since The Flame is a reputable newspaper that's over a hundred years old, I'll take their word for it.
if it's a lie and he didn't admit that, then I'll gladly admit I was wrong when he files a defamation suit against them.
Creditable articles present evidence.
Thanks for the links.
the article probably did not present evidence because political donations are public record in Sweden.