Ivo Vegter
Ivo Vegter is a freelance journalist, columnist and speaker who loves debunking myths and misconceptions, and addresses topics from the perspective of individual liberty and free markets.
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Miaow Tse-Tung refutes Marx
A story on rising pet ownership in China jarred my pedant-bone when it quoted the claim that pets are “an asset that has no economic
The real AI apocalypse is the death of trust
Influencers are being paid to warn you that a self-improving AI will wipe out humanity. The research says otherwise. The real danger is already in
The peril of supporting ethnic identitarianism
I have always been deeply uncomfortable with the nexus between the classical liberal movement and ethnic identitarianism. Martin van Staden believes that my concern about
Non-partisan policy advice vs partisan political activism
The Free Market Foundation sent a mission to the US in support of AfriSol’s lobbying for Afrikaner interests. I think this is a grave mistake.
A failing empire, consumed by ignorance, avarice and hatred
The once-great US of A is on a downward spiral, ruled by a megalomaniac who arrogantly exudes ignorance. I did tell you so.
Never trust an industry that begs to be regulated
AI frontier labs are raising the alarm that their models could end humanity, and ought to be restricted by the state. Weird.
Rainbow pedestrian crossing triggers “Christians”
It would be funny to watch minorities invoke majoritarianism against other minorities, if it wasn’t so hateful and intolerant.
A low wage is not immoral; forbidding it is
The National Minimum Wage Commission will soon determine next year’s mandatory wage levels. The exercise rests on a persuasive but perverse moral claim.
Stop trying to build state capacity
That the state lacks the capacity to provide many services should come as no surprise to the Hayekian liberal.
There is nothing suicidal about empathy
The theory that the West is dying of “suicidal empathy” misunderstands liberty, misunderstands the West, and misunderstands empathy itself.