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Mullvad on the Donation Controversy (www.mullvad.net)
submitted 4 days ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] MonaySimpson@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not defending this shit by any means but I am partly conflicted.

It's fine to talk with your money and take it elsewhere. However, I wonder what the CEOs and staff of other VPNs spend their money on and how far this goes.

Say this Mullvad dude donated 10% of his income to the campaign. If your local vape store guy, McDonalds owner or whoever gave 10% of theor income to man-o-sphere influencers or right wing parties (as is probably common) would people be as outraged and walk? Or is it lower stakes and doesn't matter?

I guess ultimately, as a root issue, people shouldn't able to make and hord wealth like this, nor fund politicians.

Again not defending this but it's just made me think about some things.

[โ€“] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Lower stakes probably would have deescalated things a bit, i think. In this case the guy in question funds 80-90% of the political party in question which makes this whole thing feel even worse.