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In states with significant gang and cartel presence, THW criminalize membership.

THBT schools should teach children to have a logical approach to life, even at the expense of emotions.

THBT the United States government should significantly shrink the size and budgets of its military.

THO the narrative that familial love should be unconditional.

TH, as a country transitioning away from fossil fuels, would prioritize nuclear power over renewables.

THP the narrative that debating is an art to the narrative that debating is a sport.

THW ban all advertising of consumer goods or services.

THW legalize child labor in developing nations.

THR the decline of family values in western liberal democracies.

THR the stigmatization of political discussions in Japan.

THW make university tuition free.

THBT religious institutions should embrace the usage of AI.

THBT globalism has failed the working class.

THBT schools should allow students to use generative artificial intelligence (e.g. ChatGPT).

THW allow public servants to strike.

THW also punish parents when their children commit a crime.

THW abolish affirmative actions.

THBT SNS does more harm than good to democracy.

THBT developing countries should limit rural-urban migration.

THBT randomly selected citizens should judge in the debate tournaments.

THBT big businesses should encourage their employees to work from home even after pandemics are no longer a threat.

THBT a world without extreme emotions is a better world.

THBT feminism is incompatible with capitalism.

THBT multinational companies should equalize wages for their workers in developing countries with those in their home countries.

THW ban tobacco.

THBT assassination is a justifiable response to the human rights abuses and political oppression committed by political leaders.

THBT the present condition of humanity is better than it would be in 100 years.

THBT the tourism industry does more harm than good for the citizens of developing countries.

TH, as the feminist movement, would advocate for the abolishment of boys-only and girls-only schools.

THW grant senior military officers a veto over military decisions made by politicians.

THW make the number of votes an individual has inversely proportional to their wealth.

THP a world in which those accused of crimes remain completely anonymous to the public.

THBT the assassination of political leaders is a legitimate tool of foreign policy.

THS athletes using international sporting events as platforms to protest and raise political stances.

THBT the age of digital information has done more harm than good in protecting democracy.

Given the technology, THW erase society's memory and evidence of the criminal past of former convicts after their release.

THP a world without lying.

THBT medical workers during a pandemic should have the right to opt out of service.

THBT spouses of political figures should not be recognized as public figures.

THW legally require how self-driving cars make decisions in unavoidable accidents.

THBT hacking is a legitimate way of protest against multinational corporations.

THW abolish the Olympic Games.

THW prohibit criminals from publishing descriptions of their crimes.

THBT the state should not subsidize art.

THBT the feminist movement should oppose affirmative action for women.

THBT humanitarian aid does more harm than good to active conflict zones.

THW prohibit corporations from sponsoring academic research.

THW abolish private property.

THW ban beauty contests.

THW introduce conscription.

THW completely ban broadcasting of suicide.

THW ban all forms of gambling.

THW ban use of combat drones.

THW trade with oppressive regimes.

THBT free speech should include the right to offend.

THW ban cosmetic surgery.

THW require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence.

THW give right to vote to prisoners.

THW legalize euthanasia.

THW give national treasures back to their people.

THW criminalize the paying of ransom.

THW ban alcohol.

THW abolish escalator system in schools.

THW legalize organ transplant for profit.

THBT US military bases should be removed from Japan.

THW abolish all laws restricting free speech.

TH prefers the world without marriage.

THW require broadcasters to devote equal time and prominence to coverage of female sports as male sports.

THW pay all elected politicians the median wage in their electoral district.

THW allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for shortening of their sentences.

THBT smartphone companies should be forced to unlock their products upon request by the authority.

THBT the EU should abandon its commitment to the principle of open borders between member states.

THBT democratic countries should not attend sporting events in countries with bad human rights records.

THBT the feminist movement should advocate for male quotas in female dominated fields.

THW ban tax havens.

THW ban fast fashion.

THP a world where political candidates are required to livestream their life.

THBT it is better to be optimistic than pessimistic.

THW replace human judges with AI judges in courts.

THW ban homework.

THW abolish the juvenile justice system.

THBT educators should actively teach children to focus on process over results.

THW allow professional sports players to enhance their abilities by using drugs.

THR the rise of parenting influencers.

THR the recent trend in American films of recasting iconic fairy-tale characters.

THBT AI does more harm than good.

THW rather be a J-pop idol over being an average Japanese citizen.

THBT schools should prioritize the teaching of classic literature over contemporary literature.

THW ban the research and development of technology that can erase memories.

THW make voting mandatory.

THW require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence.

THBT the narrative 'experience of hardship and agony is necessary for success' does more harm than good.

THBT developing countries should require their citizens to work for a minimum period of time in their home country.

THBT media should not broadcast bloody sports.

THW require politicians to disclose their health records to the public.

THW support the use of performance-enhancing drugs under medical supervision.

THBT long-distance relationships can be as successful as relationships where couples live close to each other.

THW make physical education classes optional in senior high schools.

THBT the growth of international tourism contributes positively to the conservation of cultural heritage.

THW ban all forms of gambling.

THBT animal meat products should be banned.

THS the rise of language generative AI.

THW pay all elected politicians the median wage in their country.

THBT prisoners should be given the right to vote in national elections.

THBT, assuming compliance, we should globally cap military spending to 1% of GDP.

THW remove all gender-based quotas in university admissions.

THBT international sporting events divide rather than unite.

THBT couples should have access to each other's social media accounts and personal devices.

THW introduce an internet voting system in Japan.

THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current affairs test.

THBT governments in developing countries should limit migration to megacities.

TH, as a large company, should reflect the racial diversity of the national population in employee diversity.

THW allow the police full and unrestricted access to social media.

THBT film versions are never as good as the original books.

THBT community service is a better punishment than prison for non-violent crimes.

THS countries offering citizenship based on sporting ability.

THBT seventy years on, the United Nations is a disappointment.

THW designate one city to permanently host the Olympics.

THW aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records.

THW ban the display of art created with the intended purpose of creating offence.

THBT if technology permitted us to identify people genetically predisposed to commit crimes, we should use it.

THW pay all elected politicians the median wage in their country.

THW give national treasures (like the Rosetta Stone) back to their countries of origin.

THBT only countries with good human rights records should be allowed to host the Olympics.

THW legalize surrogacy for profit in liberal democracies.

THW ban cosmetic surgery.

THW introduce compulsory voting.

THBT professional sports players should be allowed to enhance abilities by using drugs.

TH, as an individual, would not consume works produced by immoral artists.

THBT debating skills matter in getting a boyfriend or a girlfriend.

THW mandate retirement from the National Diet at age 65.

THBT schools should not punish students for information found on social networking sites.

THBT nuclear weapons make the world a safer place.

THBT new movies or TV shows which contain smoking scenes should be banned.

THBT individuals should be able to sell their vote.

THW pay politicians the national median wage.

THW erase all memories of romantic relationships after they end.

THBT teachers' salaries should be based on students' academic performance.

THBT all children should raise a pet.

THBT confessing love face to face is better than confessing online.

THBT schools should not give out homework during the summer break.

THBT it's more enjoyable to watch a movie with friends at someone's house than at a movie theater.

THBT underaged individuals should not become YouTubers.

THBT love is more important than money for a good marriage.

THBT parents should not use rewards to get their children to study.

THBT love at first sight will bring more harm than benefits.

THBT being a school teacher is a good job.

To compensate for the school days lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, THBT the high school period should be extended.

Assuming COVID-19 is over, THBT traveling abroad is better than domestic travel for your honeymoon.

THBT women should be given two votes in local and national elections.

THBT giving money as a birthday gift is good for both parents and their children in high school.

In order for high school students to confess their love, THBT sending messages on smartphone is better than face-to-face talk.

THW ban too skinny models (BMI below 18.5) from showing up in media.

THW ban eating contests.

THBT holding a gorgeous wedding ceremony is better than holding a simple one.

THBT criminal trials should be publicly broadcasted on TV and other media.

This House Would set a quota for women in parliament.

This House Would introduce fat tax.

This House Would only allow universities to accept students based on their exam scores, not on non-quantitative methods.

This House Would return cultural property displayed in museums abroad to its place/country of origin.

THBT customers' needs and desires should always come first.

THBT cram school culture does more harm than good for students.

THW ban all plastic products.

THBT parents should not say anything about their children's future job.

THW ban homework.

THW ban countries with poor human rights records from hosting major international sporting events.

Given the opportunity, THW choose to become immortal.

THBT the 'autistic genius' in pop culture does more harm than good.

THW implement female quotas in parliament.

THBT discussion-based classes are better than lecture classes.

THW ban cars in cities.

THW allow performance enhancing drugs in professional sports.

THW allow performance enhancing drugs in professional sporting events.

THP a world in which there are no restrictions on students' appearance in schools.

THW ban Valentine's day in schools.

THBT online learning is better than offline learning.

THBT teachers should be punished for bullying in their classrooms.

THBT parents should have full access to their children's social media.

THW ban films and music which glamorise socially undesirable conducts (e.g. drug abuse, racism).

TH, as Japan, would accept all refugees.

THW ban giving of chocolate (and other gifts) on Valentine's Day at junior and senior high schools.

THBT new movies or TV shows which contain smoking scenes should be banned.

THP a world without social networking services.

THBT all major political parties in Japan should list an equal number of men and women candidates.

THW ban animal experiments.

THW make voting mandatory.

THW ban the consumption of meat.

THW prohibit prisoners from publishing books of their crime.

Make up should be banned at school.

Physical education classes should be mixed together.

Japanese elementary and junior high schools should encourage more classes regarding politics.

Living an anonymous average life is better than being a K-pop star in South Korea.

THW ban animal testing.

THW ban escalator schools.

THW force all social media users to use their real names.

THW ban violent games.

THBT tiger-parenting does more harm than good as a form of education.

THW allow public servants to strike.

THW ban school uniforms.

THW introduce a fat tax on junk foods.

THW make voting compulsory.

THW set quotas for women in the Diet.

THW ban all-boys and all-girls schools.

THBT developed countries should not impose any environmental restrictions to developing countries.

THBT the media should not disclose ethnic backgrounds of individuals who were convicted of violent crimes.

THO the glorification of motherhood.

THW ban public debates between candidates in the runup to elections.

THBT universities should accept students on the basis of standardised testing, as opposed to holistic admissions.

THR the narrative that people should marry for love.

THBT high school should abolish the school uniform.

THBT essential state services should not be privatized.

THBT personalised advertisements on social networking services do more harm than good to consumers.

THW replace all human judges with AI judges.

THBT parents should have the right to censor their children's SNS.

THBT public engagement should be mandatory for scientific research of a certain scale.

In the initial phase following a disaster, THW ban all forms of volunteer support for the affected areas from the private sector.

THBT animal rights activists should prioritize campaigning for improving conditions for farmed animals.

During times of crisis, financial assistance from the government does more harm than good.

TH, as liberal democratic countries, opposes EBPM.

THP a world in which individuals do not possess a desire to compete with one another.

For high school students to confess their love, THBT sending messages online is better than face-to-face talk.

THBT the perception of teachers as sacred callings does more harm than good.

THW ban films and music which describe socially undesirable conducts (e.g. drug abuse, racism).

THBT all democratic countries should stop all economic ties with Russia.

THBT the feminist movement should oppose popular fairy tales which portray stereotypes of women.

In STEM education, THBT governments should equally subsidize all schools rather than heavily prioritize the top layers.

THBT states should incentivize depopulated communities to move to urban areas rather than invest and make them sustainable.

THBT scholar activism in public universities does more harm than good.

THW require all internet users to use their real names.

THW introduce mandatory retirement age for all politicians.

THW ban combat sports.

THBT high school students should not have boy/girl friends.

THW legalize organ transplant for profit.

THW prohibit corporations from accessing criminal record of job applicants.

THBT tiger parenting does more harm than good for children.

This House believes that Bulgaria should adopt a progressive tax system

This House prefers a world where all religions prohibited visual depictions of the divine over a world where such depictions were central to all religions

This House, as the leadership of a major news organisation (e.g., The Economist, CBS, The Washington Post), would adopt moralised journalism as a stance

This House believes that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's rise to power has been good for Saudi Arabia

This House opposes the popularisation of social justice speak

This House believes that it is in the interests of the American people for the US government to acquire golden shares in strategically important firms (e.g., NVIDIA, MP Materials, US Steel)

This House opposes the use of user-specific algorithms to deliver on-demand content for entertainment (including but not limited to: the pipeline of short-form videos on TikTok or Instagram, personalised suggestions on YouTube or Netflix)

This House believes that the EU should adopt a significantly more aggressive foreign policy stance* in response to Russian hybrid warfare operations in Europe (*including but not limited to: retaliatory attacks on Russian shadow fleet ships in the Black Sea, cyber-attacks and sabotage operations targeting Russian infrastructure)

This House predicts that the developing world will become more, rather than less, democratic over the next decade

This House believes that domestication* has done more harm than good for non-human animals (*of pets, livestock, etc.)

In times of crisis, This House believes that central banks should use their direct credit allocation mechanisms to provide sectors with high positive externalities* easier credit access (*e.g., green tech, infrastructure, healthcare)

This House opposes the use of historical and religious narratives as justification for modern territorial claims

This House regrets the use of drastic state interventions to address the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., prolonged mass lockdowns, school closures, vaccine mandates)

This House opposes the development of AI systems to optimise for human influence

This House supports the modern revival of the Monroe Doctrine

In developed democracies, This House believes that growing up as a Millennial teenager (born 1981–1996) was better than growing up as a Gen Z teenager (born 1997–2012)

This House believes that neoliberalism has failed

This House prefers a world in which post-apartheid South Africa nationalised major firms, rather than pursuing policies that expanded Black private ownership

This House, as an average person in a developed country, would lead a life heavily prioritising long term commitments (people, places, vocations, etc.) over heavily prioritising flexibility and keeping options open

This House Prefers secondary schools adopting a classical education model rather than a progressive education model

This House Opposes confidence culture

This House Believes that US involvement in Panama has benefitted Panama

This House Believes that feminists in Western Liberal Democracies should adopt reconciliatory rather than confrontational approaches in their advocacy

This House Believes that the student organisers of the July Revolution should not transition into formal political roles (e.g., run for elected office, form their own political party)

This House Supports the rise of specialised private equity firms and funds that focus on specific sectors or geographies

This House Prefers the citizen welfare standard to the consumer welfare standard

This House Supports the use of La Mano Dura policies in areas with high crime rates in Latin America.

This House Believes that India should prioritise policies that aim to significantly reduce economic inequality rather than prioritise policies that aim to rapidly drive economic growth

This House Supports the widespread adoption of the Sankofa philosophy in West Africa

This House Opposes the prominence of the trauma plot in media and art

This House Believes that it is in the interest of the USA to significantly reduce the size and power of federal government agencies

This House Would militarily intervene in Sudan

This House Supports the shift away from the traditional left-right spectrum in the politics of major democracies

This House Opposes the increased shift to subscription based business models

This House, as the Holy See, would adopt the "two-speed Church" policy

This House Believes That Trumpism is in the long-term interest of the Republican Party

This House believes that education systems should over-inflate children’s academic self-perception (e.g. providing overwhelmingly positive feedback, avoiding fail grades, etc.).

This House prefers the integrated model to the specialty model

This House believes that opposition parties in illiberal democracies should strongly pivot towards empowering women as the primary focus of their campaign.

This House supports the remilitarisation of Japan.

This House prefers reactive to proactive EMS enforcement

This House supports Centrist Compacts.

THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'.

This House supports a norm against self-pity.

This House would remove restrictions on interstate farm commerce in India.

This House opposes the stigma against laziness

This House supports implementing a Pact of Forgetting in post-conflict states

This House would ban vulture funds from suing countries whose debt they have purchased.

This House opposes the norm to prefer the natural to the artificial

This House believes that religious leaders should primarily focus on individual circumstances rather than community-based reasons when addressing acts of religious extremism

This House would ban defensive measures against hostile take overs.

This House welcomes the end of work

This House prefers a diverse number of highly competitive banks to a small number of banks.

This House believes that post-revolutionary states should deemphasise the role of elite groups in favour of portraying revolution as primarily led by the lower classes

THBT it's in the interest of the team for the player to be excluded from the World Cup finals squad

THP the quality of art being viewed as predominantly subjective as opposed to predominantly objective

THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currency

THBT governments, when determining housing policy, should heavily prioritise supporting renters over home owners

THS the increasing prominence of data journalism at the expense of qualitative journalism

In developing countries with a history of ethnic, racial and/or religious tensions, THP a change of power from dominant political parties

THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)

TH, as an average individual in the world today, would prefer to be immortal

THBT the internationalisation of intellectual property law brings more harm than good

THW allow democratic governments to overturn supreme court/constitutional court decisions with a simple majority in the legislature

THP a focus on societal factors (e.g. socioeconomic factors) as opposed to individual factors (e.g. personal history) when addressing the causes and consequences of mental health issues

THBT the IMF removing all conditions on these loans, except for explicit anti corruption provisions, is preferable to the recent conditions to developing countries

THR the dominance of left/liberal views at universities

THP a world where all individuals have a strong belief in Ubuntu

THBT education systems in Africa should emphasise pan-African history and identities rather than national ones

When they are not part of that religion, THBT feminists should refrain from critiquing widespread religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils, separate prayer spaces, women on their period being forbidden from fasting, Iddah (waiting) period after divorce/death of a husband, etc.)

THBT religious organisations should syncretise over remaining independent

In disaster-prone areas, This House Would replace all state rebuilding and reconstruction efforts with direct cash transfers to affected citizens

This House Prefers the Franchise Model to the Qualifier Model for E-Sports leagues

This House Believes That LGBTQ+ movements in developing countries should integrate patriotism into their messaging* *including actions such as celebrating LGBTQ+ soldiers, talking openly about being "queer and a patriot", displaying the pride flag with the national symbol, and avoiding actions such as supporting independence movements within the country or publicly criticizing nationalism

This House Would prohibit companies from regulating the private behaviors of their employees in employment contracts* *e.g., mandatory drug tests, no smoking policies, regulating their employees' social media, prohibiting models/actors from dating etc.

This House Opposes the emphasis on the struggle against the Ottoman Empire in the history curriculum of Balkan countries

In times of economic crisis, This House Would implement fiscal central banking

This House Opposes the popularization of therapy speak

This House Prefers that the Eastern bloc countries had formed their own Union instead of joining the European Union (EU)

This House Opposes the pressure to focus on promoting one's career at the expense of forming a family

This House Believes That the environmental movement should take more radical action in the fight against climate change (e.g., blocking roads, vandalism, blowing up pipelines etc.)

This House Would ban corporate residential landlords* *Corporate residential landlords refers to corporations that own and maintain multiple apartments for the purpose of renting them out for residential use

This House Would ban the use of advanced analytics in political campaigns

This House Prefers religions that "center the self" to religions that "reject the self"

This House Supports a decline in global reliance on the dollar

This House Opposes the rise in anti-establishment discourse

Behind a veil of ignorance, This House Prefers to be born with an exceptionally high sense of self-awareness* *Self-awareness is one's innate ability to consciously know and understand their own character, feelings, motives, and desires

This House Supports the 10 pilots flying to their death

This House Would grant the power to pardon convicted criminals to pardoning committees instead of government executives (e.g. presidents, governors etc.)

This House Prefers a world in which humans cannot experience nostalgia* *Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for something in the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations

TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea

THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians

TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change)

TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players

TH opposes the general approach of companies to grow by massively sacrificing short-term profitability with the hope of gaining a large portion of the market* *e.g. the original business model of companies such as Uber or Amazon

THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints

THBT pursuing strong expansionist policies* in the Arctic region is in the Russian interest *Including but not limited to: building artificial islands in order to claim additional territory, trying to significantly limit foreign presence, stationing warships and troops

TH opposes the academisation* of social justice movements *The increasingly significant presence of academics and academic terminology, processes and structures in many parts of the world

THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups* *classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc

TH supports developing states falsifying their history in order to create a unified national identity

TH supports the rise of language-generating AI

TH opposes the Biden Administration plan to finance large scale governmental projects through multi-trillion dollar fiscal stimulus

TH prefers to live an average anonymous life in South Korea over being a K-Pop star

TH supports the creation of an international court with a mandate to prosecute leaders for health crimes

TH would teach children to have a logical approach to life, even at the expense of reducing their emotional bandwidth (e.g. trying to react in less emotional ways, prioritising logic over emotions when approaching problem-solving, etc.)

THBT police commissioners should be directly elected by their local community

THBT governments would be justified in heavily pursuing Longtermism

TH prefers a world in which the Resident Evil machine exists

THBT international discussion forums should not self-censor* in an attempt to increase inclusivity to people from countries with stringent freedom-of-speech rules. *Examples of self-cenorship are: AI conferences avoiding discussions on the implications of the use of a certain technology by oppressive regimes; competitions censoring topics; moderators removing politically sensitive content from discussion boards

This House would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms.

This House supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade.

This House would allow children to sue their parents for religious indoctrination.

This House would abolish the Olympic Games.

This House believes that the Mexican government should adopt measures that enable one cartel to monopolise the drug market. (These measures can include but are not limited to: targeting enemy cartels; selective arrests; stopping military deployments to areas controlled by this cartel; and renouncing the headhunt on its current leaders.)

In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Social Credit System.

This House believes that ASEAN should abandon "the ASEAN Way".

This House believes that the feminist movement should support the narrative that "beauty does not matter" over the narrative that "all bodies are beautiful".

This House would abolish primary and secondary school grades/years that group children based on age, and instead group them by competency and intelligence.

This House prefers religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures.

This House prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one.

This House believes that developing countries should acquire, on the open market, large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations (eg. Google, JP Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).

This House prefers a "Brave New World" to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies.

This House, as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong.

In a relatively equal society where the "protected sphere model" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the "deferred happiness model".

This House prefers a world without the Neuralink.

This House believes that the United States government should cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving African Americans (as either victims or alleged perpetrators) to African American interest groups, and allocate funding for this.

This House prefers a world where, starting today, all humans have identical intellectual abilities (equivalent to the current global average).

This House would abolish the private ownership of (housing) property in major metropolitan areas.

This house would ban all communication tech companies (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.) from encrypting their users' data, including the content of their communications, in such a way that the company cannot retrieve that data even under a court order.

This house supports job security legislation

This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of force beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun).

This house would limit the amount of time that a museum can display a given piece of art to 3 months out of every 10 year period, rather than allow museums to display their works as long as they choose

This house would allow citizens to vote on individual bills in place of their elected representative, with the representative retaining the voting power of those of their constituents who did not directly vote on that specific bill

This house believes that all states should mandate that research on and use of CRISPR technology be exclusively carried out by institutions funded entirely by the state

This House, as Iran, would cease all support for militant groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.)

This house prefers a world in which all individuals who have achieved a middle class standard of living choose to pursue the highest level of achievement in their chosen career, rather than a world in which those individuals prioritise day-to-day enjoyment over work

This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harassment

This house believes that ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the rest of the world

This house supports the court's decision to acquit Tehlirian

This house, as a parent of a child of ASPD, would enable and support that child given that child's aims based on their current psychological makeup, instead of trying to make them more empathetic

This house would create an international court with the ability to classify national debt as "odious debt" at the debtor nation's request and remove the obligation of that nation to repay

This house would rather save the life of a single child, over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 years

This house, as the Chinese Communist Party, would lift all restrictions on foreign investments in China, except restrictions critical to national security

This house prefers a non-adversarial legal system

In democratic post-colonial states, This house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance.

This house believes that Catholic religious officials in Mexico should not make statements in support of governmental policies, political parties, or candidates.

This house believes that it is better for the general population to be more optimistic about the current and future state of the nation (including societal cohesion, peace processes, the state of the economy) than an objectively accurate judgement.

This House Supports Kenya's Special Economic Zones* *For the purposes of this debate, Special Economic Zones include both Special Economic Zones and Export Processing Zones

This House Would classify all major organised crime groups as terrorist organisations

This House Believes That it is in the interest of AI companies to abandon sycophancy as a design strategy

This House Believes That animal rights organizations should encourage activists to break the law to defend animals (e.g. breaking into slaughterhouses to record and publish footage of animal abuse, freeing injured animals)

This House Would allow fans to veto player personnel decisions of sports clubs (e.g. acquiring, releasing, or drafting players, negotiating player contracts)

This House Regrets the predominant belief that suffering builds character

This House Prefers governments in high income countries supplying housing vouchers rather than building social housing

This House Believes That Western progressives adopting cultural relativism on feminist issues* has done more harm than good *feminist issues include, but are not limited to, women's relationship with religious symbols such as the hijab, women's land rights, family laws and indigenous customs

This House Supports the decline of traditional retail in favour of e-commerce

This House, as a religious individual, Would actively question religious teachings, as opposed to passively accepting them

This House Prefers A World where children were raised communally

This House Believes That Nicolás Maduro's removal is in the interest of Venezuelan people

This House Believes That humans led more fulfilled lives before the neolithic revolution

THBT Panama should replace the US dollar with its own independent currency.

THBT courts should not defer to administrative agencies in statutory interpretation.

This House Opposes the prominence of celebrity conflict* in pop culture *examples include beef on X (formerly Twitter), rap battles, roasts, etc.

THS European countries gradually withdrawing from NATO and establishing an independent military presence

THS the Holy See recognizing the underground Catholic church in China, rather than the government-sanctioned church.

This House believes that sports leagues should fund 'loyalty bonuses' for accomplished professional athletes who remain with their team for more than 5 years.

THBT the International Seabed Authority should immediately legalize deep sea mining for rare earth minerals.

In countries experiencing democratic backsliding, THBT civil society groups should shift their advocacy from substantive policy goals (e.g. legalizing abortion or gay marriage) to critiquing violations of democratic norms (e.g. infringing on the independence of courts, removing constitutional safeguards) *civil society groups are non-state based organizations and movements that advocate for social and political issues.

This House Would allow employees to contractually agree with their employer to delay or forgo having children during their employment

This House prefers public interest models to venture-backed models in the development of educational technology for primary and secondary education

This House opposes the creation of nation-states founded on the basis of a shared ethnic or religious identity as a response to group-based persecution or conflict

This House supports the Second Wave of the Pink Tide

TH prefers a world with a strong belief in seriti

This House Supports strict state secularism* in Western Liberal Democracies. *this includes prohibiting religious symbols in public spaces, not providing funding to religious schools and charities, not having an official state religion, etc

This House Prefers A World where Truth and Reconciliation Commissions were established to deal with the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars rather than the ICTY.

This House Would ban sports betting.

This House Believes That New Age wellness culture has done more harm than good.

This House believes that major tourist destinations should significantly limit the number of tourists that can visit.

This House would introduce a governmental basic income for all artists, rather than offering governmental fellowships and grants to certain artists upon application.

This House supports France's exit from West Africa.

This House opposes attempts by the feminist movement to redefine traditionally feminine* roles and behaviours as empowering. *e.g. wearing makeup and heels, wanting to be a housewife, and so on.

This House would put an upper age limit of 60 years old for individuals running for political office.

This House regrets the narrative that money cannot buy happiness.

This House, as Serbia, would develop closer ties with China at the expense of ties with the European Union.

This House would allow violent offenders to opt into Pavlovian conditioning as a substitution for prison time.

This House regrets the glorification of champions.

This House Supports the expectation that our loved ones accept us as we are.

This House Believes That the digitisation of the illegal drug trade* does more harm than good. *e.g. encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram and Signal, payment in cryptocurrencies, reliance on darknet market platforms, etc

This House Prefers the Dutch Model over the Nordic Model.

This House, as Western governments, Regrets their support for Kosovo independence after the 1999 NATO intervention.

This House Prefers art that depicts societal tragedies through allegories (The Yellow Wallpaper, Animal Farm, The Platform) over art that depicts societal tragedies explicitly (Schindler's List, Apocalypse Now, 12 Years a Slave).

This House Hopes for the rise of energy-intensive facilities that use behind-the-meter generation in the European Union.

This House Believes That psychiatric deinstitutionalisation did more harm than good.

This House Believes That Andy Burnham should call an immediate general election.

This House Prefers the institutional model to the project model for the public funding of research.

This House Opposes the belief that loyalty is a virtue.

This House Regrets the centrality of individual redemption* to religions. *the ability of an individual to attain salvation or spiritual reconciliation despite their moral failings or sins.

This House Prefers market-based systems over bank-based systems.

This House Believes That American frontier AI firms* should cease all cooperation with the US military. *e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta

This House Believes That LGBTQ+ Pride month* does more harm than good. *e.g. pride parades, other pride events

This House, as the government of the UAE, Regrets its pivot away from Saudi Arabia.

This House Regrets the cultural dominance of sport.

This House Opposes the widespread belief that people who have committed violent crimes are inherently irredeemable.

This House Believes That Denmark should aggressively intervene in the private sector in order to reduce dependence on Novo Nordisk (e.g. dramatically reduce existing subsidies to Novo Nordisk; implement state-backed retraining programmes; provide large targeted tax breaks to startups in non-dominant industries like green tech).

This House Prefers a World where a more optimistic set of artists rose to prominence after World War I rather than the Lost Generation.

This House Opposes the narrative that doctors know best.

This House Prefers a World in which all football clubs follow the regional recruitment model.

This House Believes That the CDU should heavily prioritise libertarianism rather than heavily prioritising paternalism.

This House Prefers a World where the LGBTQ+ movement pursued the liberationist approach rather than the assimilationist approach.

This House Predicts that in 10 years the majority of the world's population will consider the creation of generative AI to have been a mistake.

This House Regrets the decline in Western military interventions following the 2003 Iraq War.

This House Supports European universities limiting freedom of speech among their staff and students.

This House Prefers a World where religious closeness is dominant, as opposed to a world where religious distance is dominant.

This House Believes That the United Nations should establish an international criminal tribunal for the events of the Syrian Civil War.

This House Believes That capitalism enhances our sense of meaning in life.

This House Opposes the expectation that a person must 'grow up' (e.g. stigmatisation of childishness, outgrowing childhood friendships and relationships, moving on from childhood interests).

This House Believes That the World Bank should lend African development loans in ADR.

This House Believes That humanity should implement the Prime Directive.

THO the depiction of tragedies through comedy e.g. Life is Beautiful, Jojo Rabbit, The Great Dictator, Good Morning Vietnam

THBT devolution has strengthened the Scottish independence movement

THS the rise of "stay-at-home" trend

In hybrid regimes*, TH as an independent news media company would actively be biased against the ruling party, rather than being impartial. *a political regime that combines some democratic and some autocratic elements in a significant manner (e.g. Turkey, Hungary, Bangladesh)

THBT it is in the interest of resource-rich nations (e.g. Serbia, Mexico and Argentina) to allow Western corporations to undertake mining operations for the extraction of 'green minerals' (e.g. Lithium, Zinc, Nickel) that are essential for green technology.

THBT left wing criticism of liberal NGOs for failing to be intersectional brings more harm than good

THR the consolidation of the music industry

THBT Donald Trump winning the 2024 US Presidential Election is in the interest of the Chinese Communist Party

This House prefers Hayekian economic policies to Keynesian economic policies

This House Prefers a Common Law system over a Civil Law system

THBT the IMF should declare China an intransigent creditor

THP a monarchy where the king has the divine right to rule, as opposed to a theocracy ruled by religious institutions.

THO the recent rise in distrust of state institutions

THBT the Old Firm should join the English Football league structure, rather than stay in the Scottish Premiership.

THP EU legislation of AI to legislation imposed by each EU member state

THR the narrative that dying for romantic love is justified

That we regret the Bosman Ruling

That, as the smaller full member cricket nations, we support the increasing dominance of franchise cricket over international cricket

That we support football clubs taking a harsh stance on the managers and coaches of underperforming teams

That we prefer a world where everyone had an average amount of empathy

That we regret the rise of 'self-crit' culture

That we regret the Griner-Bout prisoner exchange

That we oppose the NCMP scheme

That we oppose the removal of these benefits for conscripts

That in countries with bicameral legislatures, we prefer the equal contribution system

That as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander novelist, we would write about Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander experiences within modern Australian cities

That the Australia Group should adopt a binding export-control regime

That we support the Australian government aggressively growing its domestic refinement and production of rare earth minerals

That we believe that the decline of geographically concentrated red light districts in India has not been in the interests of sex workers

That, as a 30 year-old working woman who plans to have children, we would choose to have our pregnancies within a short period

That, as a woman entering university, we would cultivate a polarising reputation

That the deployment of tripwire forces in disputed territories in the South China Sea is in the interest of the United States

That we oppose the 'unwilling or unable' doctrine

That, as Taiwan, we would aggressively pursue the Porcupine Strategy

That we oppose Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi's decision to break away from PKR and lead BERSAMA

That we regret the ALP tax reform package

That we oppose Andy Burnham's promise to retain Labour's prior budget guardrails

That we support the Independent Forfeiture Act

That we should abolish the offence of concealing a serious indictable offence

That we prefer career judiciary systems, to those where judges are appointed late in their life

That we should grant dictators amnesty in exchange for them stepping down

That developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for political office

That we believe regimes accused of committing human rights violations should be investigated by Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

That we believe that Benjamin Netanyahu will be the next Prime Minister of Israel

That California should abolish Riparian and Appropriative water rights and instead charge market rates to all water users

That it is in the interests of liberals in the USA to advocate for greater state autonomy

That we regret the rise of e-carceration

That, assuming feasibility, we should replace elected representatives with an assembly of each voter's AI agent

That, assuming feasibility, we support a one year AI Pause between the Big Five AI labs

That, as Egypt, we would pursue a strategy of military sabotage against the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

That we support the 'One Army' plan in Syria

That Turkey's decision to close the Bosporus and Dardanelles to warships since 2022 has been in Russia's interest

That humanity should voluntarily adopt the last generation policy

That Gongzhou should vote in favour of abandoning Earth's charter

That Earth's first settlement mission to another habitable planet should be a generation ship rather than a cryogenic mission

That, assuming feasibility, Ghana should cap the maximum cost of a funeral

That we oppose Malaysia's attempts to resettle the Bajau

That we oppose ethnographic refusal

That we regret the decline of Sufism in the Indian subcontinent

That we oppose the adoption of Māori cuisine by elite culinary institutions

That we prefer to be born into a society with high-context norms over one with low-context norms