Could someone fully explain the mullvad controversy. From my knowledge so far it seems like the cofounder donated to an alt right party and it’s probably a bad sign for the company. Anything I’m missing?

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    The Örebro Party (Swedish: Örebropartiet, ÖP or ÖrP) is a political party in Sweden. The party was initially only a local party in Örebro, Sweden. Markus Allard is the party leader. According to Allard the party cannot be placed anywhere on the traditional left-right spectrum. The party has been variously characterised as left-wing and right-wing, as well as populist, nationalist and conservative.

    Some key issues for the Örebro Party locally include strong secularism, a 30-hour workweek with retained pay, lowered wages for politicians, expanded social housing, abolishing preschool-fees, making public transport free of charge,[3] ending taxpayer funding of what it sees as wasteful sculptures, monuments and art and introducing free dental care.[4][5] Nationally the party has set out large-scale remigration, closing the Swedish borders to immigration, a stricter assimilation policy and ending taxes on energy and fuel as some of its key issues.[6][7]

    Don’t see anything particularly racist. And since when domestic weapons manufacture is the problem?

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      Remigration” is ethnic displacement. There is most definitely something racist about that. It’s up there with some of the most heinous crimes against humanity you can commit.

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      " The party has been variously characterised as left-wing and right-wing, as well as populist, nationalist and conservative."

      “Leaving the EU and NATO were on the table for ÖP. Regarding NATO Allard claimed that Sweden cannot trust or rely on NATO and that the country should instead seek to massively increase its weapons production and also become a major arms exporter, arguing it would benefit the Swedish economy”

      "The party advocates for remigration policies, strong secularism, and assimilationist policies such as immediate closure of the Islamic charter schools.[70][71][72] Markus Allard initiated heavy debate in 2025 by claiming that Sweden is “the land for/belongs to the Swedes”

      They also want to remove fuel taxation, they are pro nuclear, and are anti wind turbine.

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      I’m sure you can hand select passages about hitler that also suit your stance while making him seem like kermit the frog.

      Since when are weapons not a problem?

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        These are literally the first passages from Wikipedia.

        What country doesn’t have domestic weapons manufacturing? Is it a problem when US or France do it?

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          Yes of course it is a problem when the usa, france, russia etc do it, it obviously makes them evil countries. Weapons exist to kill.

          The usa is responsible for approximately 42% of the global arms market. 1 country, 42%, clearly not the good guys.