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Reclaiming authentic liberalism in a post-Apartheid age
This clarification is not a matter of pedantry.
20 June 2025
This clarification is not a matter of pedantry.
Humans prosper when they produce, trade, invent, and cooperate. We see this wherever people are free.
There is no shortage of radicalism in the academy. What is scarce, and dangerously so, is space for dissent – especially when that dissent originates from the right.
Our righteousness does not automatically translate into tangible solutions.
The state does not respect its citizens. Individuals are forced to respect the state.
After some time of inactivity, we are excited to announce that the Rational Standard is back.
What we liberals mean by “equality” is quite concise; all people have equal rights before the law and thus enjoy equal liberty.
Hayek dismantled the socialist belief that experts, armed with data and models, could direct an economy more effectively than the market.
Why are Europeans seen as the only colonisers in South Africa when the Zulus engaged in violent imperialism as well?
A right is a trump, and stands elevated above other legal interests, including the state’s interests.
