South Africa is suffering from rolling blackouts and other power outages. These could be avoided if the government would permit competition in electricity markets.

Original Article: "Licensing Laws Deepen South Africa’s Electricity Crisis"

In her article “Multinationals Make Obscene Profits Out of Global Crises—Tax Them to Defend Human Rights,” Magdalena Sepúlveda called for more taxation of multinational corporations and the rich as a means to finance policies that are aimed at protecting the most vulnerable from what she calls “the cost of living crisis.” In this piece, I would like to respond to Sepúlveda by saying that taxation is theft and any attempt at justifying taxation, especially for charity, will lead to irrational conclusions.
From my understanding of Sepúlveda’s piece, it appears that she adopts the philosophy of social democracy. Such a philosophy is a subcategory of socialism and distinguishes itself by advocating for relatively stronger private property rights when compared to Marxism and Leninism, both of