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  • This house would invest into the development of AI caretakers for children and old people

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    AI caretakers refer to artificially intelligent systems or robots designed to help care for vulnerable groups, such as children or the elderly. These technologies may assist with tasks like supervision, companionship, health monitoring, education, or daily routines.

    Australasian Schools Debating Championships 2025 · 15-and-Under Finals · 2025-11-02

  • This house believes that states with low fertility rates should implement the Hanson Proposal

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    The Hanson Proposal would provide parents with a portion of all tax revenue paid by their children. It would also provide them with tax credits each year until their child turns 18. This would be revenue neutral, funded by the abolition of aged pensions.

    King's College London Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-11-01

  • In ageing societies, This house believes that pension funds should invest significant portions of savings in speculative assets (e.g. acquiring equity in hedge funds or private equity firms, trading in financial derivatives).

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house prefers a world where a strong cultural emphasis is placed on 'Hyo'(孝)

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    Hyo孝(also known as filial piety) is a Confucian moral principle that emphasizes deep respect and care for the parents and the elderly. It highlights the importance of recognizing their wisdom and life experience, supporting them with dignity and gratitude, and repaying parental sacrifice.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-11

  • This house, as an elderly woman in a vulnerable situation in Japan, would commit minor offenses in order to be arrested.

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    In Japan, women’s prisons have a high standard of infrastructure and offer free medical care, regular meals, and programs for communal living. Work is mandatory, but it is adjusted to the limitations and needs of elderly inmates.

    IV UFMG Open · Rodada 1 · 2025-10-10

  • This house regrets Chile’s adoption of the AFP system

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    Before 1981, Chile primarily used a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension system. Under this system, workers did not have personal accounts. Instead, employers and active workers paid into occupational social-insurance funds (cajas), which used mandatory current contributions to pay current retirees in that fund. Each caja had different rules for exact worker payouts, often based on their wage history and years of contributions to the fund. PAYG was public and pooled by occupational fund, with some exceptions (e.g., predominantly state- financed pensions for the police and armed forces). In 1980–1981, under the military government, Chile replaced most civilian PAYG coverage with the Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) system. Under this system, each worker’s mandatory contributions went into their own investment account managed by a private pension fund (an AFP). A worker's retirement income depended on what they put in, investment returns (after fees), and payout choice (e.g., programmed withdrawals or purchasing a life annuity from an insurance company). Upon adoption of the AFP system, new civilian workers had to join, while existing workers could choose to switch to an AFP or remain in PAYG. Those already retired stayed in PAYG with state financing.

    Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-23

  • This house, as developing states, welcomes a demographic winter

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    A demographic winter is one defined by a declining birth rate and a larger older population than its younger population. For example, since 2022, the Philippine birth rate has declined by 1% each year, and the median age of the population has also shown an increasing trend, now at 26.1 years old.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-08-02

  • This house believes that developed countries should aggressively promote silver economy policies (e.g. assisting healthy aging, raising the retirement age, subsidising start-ups with products/services catering to the elderly, etc) as opposed to policies to decrease the median age.

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    The global median age is expected to rise from 24 in 1950 to 29 in 2010 and to 36 in 2050. Increased longevity and decreasing fertility (especially in developed countries) are the primary drivers of population aging. For the purposes of this debate "silver economy" refers to policies to increase the economical participation of older populations (above 50 years of age) by working and consuming.

    Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-24

  • This house regrets the dominance of Book Club cinema as the primary representation of older women in media.

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    Book Club Cinema is a term inspired by the 2018 film Book Club, referring to lighthearted movies/shows about older women rediscovering life, often through romance, friendship, or personal adventures. These films typically avoid deeper or more difficult themes of aging like illness, poverty, or loneliness, favoring upbeat narratives and feel-good resolutions. Examples include Book Club, 80 for Brady, Grace & Frankie, and The Nonnas.

    Xavier Cup 12 · Round 1 · 2025-05-25

  • This house, as Mimi, would enter San Junipero

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    San Junipero is a Virtual Reality universe which simulates real life perfectly - people who enter it experience the world exactly as they would their life outside of it. San Junipero brings any person who enters it back into their twenty-year old self and body, and into an exact replica of their life at the time. Once one enters San Junipero, they remain there for the rest of their life, and are completely unaware they are in a simulation. You are Mimi, an 80-year old widow, mother and grandmother who lives alone.

    Kings College London Pre- EUDC 2025 · ESL Final · 2025-05-24