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Marxism’s faulty foundations offer us nothing of significance
Marx believed history had a destination. But if anything, history has made a mockery of him.
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Ayanda S Zulu
The Delusion of Moral Progress
It is delusional to believe that we subscribe to a morality that is morally superior to that of our ancestors.
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RS Guest Author
Why It’s Democracy Failing And Not Capitalism
The very concept of representative democracy assumes the existence of a common ethical standard that is almost certainly beyond the actual human…
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RS Guest Author
Why the return of the Rational Standard matters
There is no shortage of radicalism in the academy. What is scarce, and dangerously so, is space for dissent – especially when that dissent originates…
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Ayanda S Zulu
People Before Profits
If he gets all that right he earns income. If he doesn’t, he suffers losses. Profits not only reward him for his work but signal to others that the…
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RS Guest Author
Rational Standard's Renaissance
In case you missed our (new) day one publications...
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Nicholas Woode-Smith
The problem with Equality
It would be complete economic equality for at least the next few minutes. Almost instantly we would see inequality arise yet again.
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RS Guest Author
(Re)introducing the Rational Standard amidst press decay
In 2015, Rational Standard burst onto an empty scene as the lone explicit voice of liberalism and libertarianism in South Africa...
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Martin van Staden
Capitalism Isn’t Broken—But Our Politics Might Be
While liberal democracy gave everybody the political freedom to pursue their own interests, it was the practice of capitalism within it that gave the…
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RS Guest Author
Collectivism & Individualism: Bridging the Gap
In reality, individualism and collectivism are simply two basic aspects of human nature. There is a very good biological reason for this seeming…
Five Reasons Why Racism Remains Unresolved
There are five very clear reasons why the problem of racism remains unresolved, and until they are understood and addressed, there is no chance of…
The Political Exploitation of Empathy and Altruism
Our illusion that we are significantly empathetic and altruistic as a species presumably rests upon the fact that some people are indeed both very…
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