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[โ€“] fizzle@quokk.au 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The core issue is that this guy's money comes from mullvad customers, and he's donating that money to a far right political party.

If mullvad didn't have any customers that political party wouldn't have any money.

[โ€“] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The person who donated is rich from investments in multiple companies. Mullvad not existing would likely not have changed this set of events.

[โ€“] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

and they gained the liquidity for those investments how?

[โ€“] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I couldnโ€™t tell you with any certainty.

But if youโ€™re thinking that he got rich off mullvad then made a bunch of more lucrative investments which formed the income basis for his donation to the totally normal Swedish centrist party and therefore discontinuing mullvad use would be a good choice thatโ€™s a pretty flawed route to go down.

[โ€“] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

why am I not surprised that a ml user would try to "center wash" a party that's supported by national conservatives (aka white christofascists).

[โ€“] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago

Itโ€™s a party that split from left party and that I see as quite fascist. The easiest way to describe that to a possibly not quite as informed reader is to use center as a pejorative. Itโ€™s also an opportunity to use center as a pejorative which we should always take.

Care to elaborate on where you were going trying to trace the fortunes of the donor though? Was I correct in my assumption that you were laying the groundwork to state that all mullvad payments led to this donation?

[โ€“] oneser@lemmy.zip -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The first part of your comment clearly appears to be true, but the 2nd can't be insinuated in my opinion.

[โ€“] fizzle@quokk.au 12 points 2 weeks ago

Its a tiny party who's total donations are a fraction more than the amount contributed by mullvad guy.

Its irrelevant anyway. I don't want my money to support that party.

[โ€“] KiwiTB@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago

I highly doubt that would be the case.