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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The liberty of gender identity
A classical liberal need not settle the metaphysics of gender to know what the state should do about it: as little as possible.
Mashatile leads from the back with outdated satellite internet
The government went shopping in Dubai, and came back with an inferior alternative to Starlink. All empowerment protocols observed, the deputy president, Paul Mashatile, declared
On borders: when reasonable people disagree
Classical liberals tend to favour low barriers to cross-border migration, but not all do. Let’s consider the disagreements. Over the weekend, as today’s day of
Why Musk’s trillionaire status is unmerited
The real reason to raise an eyebrow at Musk’s wealth has nothing to do with him, and everything with what he is actually selling.
Why Musk’s trillionaire status is unmerited
Reams have been written about Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Most of it is wrong or besides the point.
The futility of trying to lock up software
The Trump administration wraps itself in the language of freedom, but reaches for the hammer of tyranny as soon as they see something screwy.
Iran: a bloody mess of a deal
After three and a half months, billions of dollars, and thousands of lives, Trump has “negotiated” his way back to where Barack Obama left things in 2016.
Don’t fear the machine. Fear those who want to govern it
AI is the most consequential tool of our age. The greatest danger it poses is not what it will do to us, but what governments will do to save us.
Ramaphosa’s forked tongue on immigration
The president condemns xenophobic violence while validating the very falsehoods that fuel it. The mob he warns against is the mob his own party helped create.
FIFA: the world’s most evil monopoly
It is corrupt. It is criminal. It is tyrannical. And no other private organisation in the world gets special laws to feed its greed.