Wanjiru Njoya

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The Difference between Formal and Substantive Equality

11/17/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

When we think of the term “equality,” most of us think of it in a formal sense: equality under the law. However, political elites are demanding “substantive” equality, which is impossible to achieve.

An Austrian Perspective on Equality

11/14/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Modern progressivism is based upon the notion of equity—equal outcomes. However, as Ludwig von Mises wrote, classical liberalism had its roots in liberty, which was undergirded by equality before the law.

Lessons From Mises on Resolving the History Wars

11/07/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Despite the claims from many historians that they just report the facts, the study of history is highly ideological and historians often depend upon narratives. Mises pointed out another way in his Theory and History.

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How to Recognize Critical Race Theory

10/28/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Despite the change in the White House, critical race theory is still with us, dominating the academic sectors and being ingrained in progressive culture. We need to better recognize what it is and how it works in order to better refute it.

How Progressives Broke the Constitution and Praised Themselves for It

10/21/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

The US Constitution as originally written and understood no longer exists. The first wave of “progressives” reinterpreted it to their liking before later generations of progressives finished the job.

Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left

10/06/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Leftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be pursuing.

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