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Ivanildo Santos Terceiro

Assistant Marketing Director

Students For Liberty

Ivanildo Terceiro is the Assistant Marketing Director at Students For Liberty

Blog Posts

How and why the war on drugs has failed

March 21, 2024
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War on Drugs

The ongoing debate surrounding the war on drugs begs critical questions: Should the battle persist, or is it time for a strategic shift? Is drug legalization the solution? Legalization entails dismantling the barriers to consumption, sale, distribution, and production — something akin to how alcoholic beverages are treated. In this article, we’ll dissect the failures of the war on drugs, seeking to uncover the factors that have led to its ultimate downfall. In recent years, we have witnessed a wave of legalization of both the recreational and medicinal use of various drugs. Marijuana

Liberalism as a product: how to convince others that freedom is good

February 21, 2024
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Liberty

It is not uncommon for liberals to experience frustration over their ideas’ lack of widespread popularity. They may argue that promoting freedom is excessively challenging. Indeed, while statist ideologies offer a utopian allure, liberals find themselves burdened with the difficult role of conveying reality. Let’s face it, this contrast is a difficult pill to swallow. Being liberal in the 19th century meant being in the comfortable position of a harbinger of hope and progress. It was liberalism that spearheaded the leap in prosperity over the last 200 years. It was liberals who advocated

The elite v. the people: Nigeria’s “cashless experiment”

December 14, 2023
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Cryptocurrency

A cashless society: the International Monetary Fund (IMF) calls it the future of money. The World Economic Forum (WEF) was enthusiastic about the concept way before it was cool. In the United States, the usual suspects such as the Brookings Institute and the New York Times ask our leaders to have the boldness and courage to follow this new path. It would go like this: instead of having paper money, central banks would start to create a digital currency. All transactions outside this system would eventually be forbidden. Supporters say that the benefits of this path outweigh the risks. Mainly,

What explains the rise of antisemitism in American colleges?

October 26, 2023
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Education

Like you, I was shocked by the recent actions of Hamas against the people of Israel. Fortunately, all of Students For Liberty's Local Coordinators in Israel, including the two who have presented themselves for military service, are currently safe and well. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for our Local Coordinators in the United States. In the past week, we have witnessed a wave of antisemitism and support for terrorism spreading in American universities, such as: At Harvard, even as reports of the brutal murders, rapes, and kidnappings filled the news, dozens of student groups signed

How Students For Liberty will free the world — with a hand from F.A. Hayek

September 4, 2023
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Announcement

Imagine a world where the principles of classical liberalism are not just taught but lived by every individual. This vision is not just a dream, but a goal that Students For Liberty (SFL) is actively working towards - and you can be a crucial part of making it a reality. I know this seems like an impossible accomplishment, but it has already occurred in several countries around the world. Not only in countries with an old classical liberal tradition like England, New Zealand, and Australia, which within one generation have promoted structural reforms, but also in countries that had literally