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The South African liberal identity crisis: If it can move right, can it also move left?
The answer depends less on where one sits on the political spectrum and more on what one believes liberalism is.
27 August 2026
The answer depends less on where one sits on the political spectrum and more on what one believes liberalism is.
Of course, AfriForum has not objected to diversity in school rugby or any other sports teams.
The state has become the guardian of every Afghan woman’s body, and it is an abusive guardian.
Classical liberalism starts with an easy proposition: adults own their own bodies.
Liberals ideally eschew the regulation of individual choices.
Immigration is a standout exception that makes many interactions between these natural allies awkward at best.
There is nothing stopping AmaZulu from forming their own voluntary associations to build wealth and institutions for themselves.
In reality, these concepts are inextricably linked: there is no liberalism without the rule of law, and there is no rule of law without liberalism.
This article was first published by Rational Standard on 4 September 2025 At the risk of stating the obvious to some or sounding like a madman to
Liberalism has consistently moved to extend liberty to more and more areas of human life.