Wanjiru Njoya

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07/15/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

A government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that claiming “legality” to anything the state does is a sure road to tyranny.

Social Engineering under the Fourteenth Amendment

07/12/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Murray Rothbard called egalitarianism a “revolt against nature,” and he believed that the egalitarianism inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment was socially harmful. Social engineering never turns out well, but that doesn‘t discourage progressives from engaging in it.

The Mythology of Methodological Collectivism

07/08/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

A central belief of collectivists is that people think collectively, too. Whether one is a member of a class, religious group, or ethnic group, collectivism holds that each group has distinct interests that determine how individuals in the group think. Mises would have disagreed.

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Why Hayek Rejected “Mere Legality”

07/15/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Social Engineering under the Fourteenth Amendment

07/12/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Murray Rothbard called egalitarianism a "revolt against nature," and he believed that the egalitarianism inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment was socially harmful. Social engineering never turns out well, but that doesn't discourage progressives from engaging in it.

The Mythology of Methodological Collectivism

07/08/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

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