Four years ago, I (you can call me Janina) got in touch with the first libertarian ideas, when I attended a presentation in Zurich on Europe’s future. I was probably the only woman under 30 in a room full of elderly gentlemen. But anyway, one can always learn something I thought and fearless took my seat. I can’t remember much of the presentation, but I do remember meeting someone, who prompted my path down to radical liberty. We started talking about the political atmosphere in Switzerland, and how unhappy we are with the current situation of dominant leftist media and the fatigue of people in Switzerland when it comes to politics - something very typical of Swiss since nobody complains so much about Swiss politics than the Swiss themselves. But I was asked some very tough questions I couldn’t answer back at that time, e.g. how to fix the problem of the pension system, who would build the roads if not the government and so on.

As I said, the road to liberty is a one-way road. Once you see certain principles as facts, I am really surprised how people can still say “But we need government for this!”

Three years later, we founded the first Hayek Club in Switzerland. The idea of the Hayek Club Zurich is to bring liberty-minded people together in the competition of new and better ideas as to how to bring back more liberty in our lives and minds. We organize inspiring talks, offer a platform to writers and entrepreneurs and build up a community of liberty lovers. So we have quickly become like a little crazy libertarian family here :-D

Whenever you stop by in Zurich, you might let us know so we can arrange a get-together. We are happy to connect with other freedom fighters and game changer.

Hayek Club Zurich

As many of you know, Switzerland has a long tradition of being the odd child in Europe and going its own way. I’m in no way a patriot but it is still interesting to learn about the history of Switzerland and why it is different in its politics and culture than the other countries around us.

I would like to give you some insights in some of the traditions and political structures of Switzerland that make it different and in some way more free than the rest of Europe. The myth of the libertarian Switzerland is something I get asked about a lot by others and so I guess it is time to demystify this.

When it comes to less serious topics than politics, I am mostly interested in the hotel and gastronomy business. I study at a Hotel Management School here in Switzerland. I speak four languages, which is quite useful in this job and I love everything that has to do with cooking, food, wine and how to have a good time.

And: I am so excited about my first post on Steemit :-D