1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe
A user on Hacker News is calling for a boycott of 1Password due to the company's financial sponsorship of the Omacom Foundation, which is controlled by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH). The author accuses DHH of promoting bigotry and ethnic cleansing, arguing that 1Password's support is unacceptable.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing pressure on tech companies to vet their philanthropic and open-source contributions against the personal views of project leaders.
Omarchy is a Linux distribution created and controlled by David Heinemeier Hansson, usually known as DHH. DHH is the founder and CTO of 37signals (formerly Basecamp) and creator of Ruby on Rails.
In the last year DHH has also called for the ethnic cleansing of Europe.
In “As I remember London,” he voiced support for ethnically cleansing London of minorities. In “Wolves, sheep, and gypsies,” he called for the ethnic cleansing of Romani people across Europe, comparing them to wolves.
He is, in short, an outspoken bigot who supports programs of mass death and forced migration of minority communities.
This bigotry is also not new. In 2023, Duke University divested from Basecamp over prior events including reporting that Basecamp employees maintained a racially-charged list of “funny” customer names and DHH’s vocal public support for anti-diversity actions by the U.S. Supreme Court and by other companies.
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