- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ca
Daniel Berntsson, founder of Mullvad, gave a personal donation of 5 million SEK (roughly 450,000€) in 2025 to Örebropartiet. This enormous donation accounted for 72% of the party’s revenue in 2025.
How does this affect Mullvad’s legitimacy as a company advocating for a free and open internet, while also funding a political party whose agenda seem to contradict these values? The official party website (in Swedish) can be found via the link below.
Wondering if it’s time that we as an anti-authoritarian left community, establish our own VPN…
So… A honeypot?
If it’s a honeypot for fascists but not one for antifascists, maybe. But I’d prefer no honeypot at all, rather one where governance is from the labourers, to the labourers.
Soo, TOR but without the multiple nodes and CIA?
A VPN operated exclusively for a single political group would flag everyone using it as that group.
True, I suppose a VPN operated by those supporting that group, then.
Not a honeypot, but a target. I see.
What do you suggest otherwise? I don’t want my money to go to fascists or surveillance states.
What do you consider to be “anti-authoritarian left?”
Anarchists
Is authority just having a government?
“Authoritarian” is type of government, which Anarchists oppose.
If you define “government” just as a way of organising society, then Anarchists want a decentralised, non-hierarchical “government”.
If you define “government” as a hierarchical institution with centralised power, anarchists don’t want that.
So, in essence, opposition to authority is opposition to hierarchy, right? What about instances where hierarchy is less a matter of class interest and more of logistical necessity? Why the opposition to collectivization, and instead a push towards communalization?
I’m a Marxist-Leninist, and a former anarchist, so I’m aware of how I used to personally think, more wondering what you’re specifically thinking of here.
Ah okay, the original question made me think you’re new to this and need basic introduction. You’re obviously well familiar with the terms!
Sure, I was mostly hoping to spark a conversation, I assume both of us are well informed enough to have one.
Anything shared here would inevitably be (or become) a honeypot. If you want a community-driven VPN, it would need to be something like Tor. Individual nodes being hosted by the community, and a zero-trust system to ensure no single node sees enough traffic to ID users.
RiseUp VPN already exists. I trust that they aren’t feds but I also assume the feds have snuck some sort of spyware on them asap.
Nym existe i thing their founders are anarchist. But don’t know if they are trust worthy. The people involve seam decent https://nym.com/about