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  • This house believes that that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) should aggressively aim for global expansion.

    Infoslide

    The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a Taiwanese private company that produces 80-90% of the world's most advanced semiconductor chips and currently supplies to major companies like Apple, Nvidia etc. While the central govt of Taiwan is its largest shareholder, the company is majority owned by multiple foreign investors. Since the late 2020s, TSMC has gradually opened chip factories in the US and Japan - although majority of the chip manufacturing continues to reside within Taiwan.

    Malaysia United Asian Debating Championship 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-06-16

  • THS countries setting up an autonomous anarcho-communist state within its borders that its citizens can choose to opt-in to.

    Infoslide

    In communist philosophies, private property refers to productive tools/resources (""the means of production""), which require inputs from multiple people (the ""working class"") to produce outputs that are claimed by its owners (the ""capitalist class""). Examples: land, factories, businesses. This is distinct from personal property, which refers to personal possessions such as your clothes, car, and even your house, which are not used to produce outputs. Anarcho-communism abolishes private property, but retains personal property and collectively-owned goods and services. It also abolishes the state/government. Instead, systems of production and distribution are managed voluntarily by their participants. Each individual and group is free to contribute to production and to satisfy their needs based on their own choice. Example: The Korean People's Association in Manchuria (KPAM, 1929-1931) was an autonomous anarchist zone, populated with 2M people and operating under a gift economy and mutual aid. KPAM was successful in its endeavours on collective agriculture and free education, and was entirely capable of self-governance. The Korean anarchist experiment was only put to an end by external invading forces.

    Ridge Debate Tournament 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-06-11

  • THS the use of doubling technology

    Infoslide

    "Doubling technology" is a widely available, affordable tool that allows people to create a clone of themselves. This clone resembles the person who made it in every way - with the same knowledge, experience, and physical appearance. However, this clone cannot resist the commands of the person who they have been cloned from.

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-05-27

  • This house supports the increased use of entrenchment in New Zealand lawmaking.

    Infoslide

    Entrenched laws cannot be easily amended or repealed by the usual legislative process, which requires a simple majority vote in Parliament. Amending or repealing an entrenched law is more difficult, typically requiring a supermajority vote, a referendum, or a combination of both. Creating an entrenched law requires an equivalent supermajority. New Zealand, since 1986, has entrenched the Parliamentary term, voting age and other voting methods. The Labour government initially included an entrenchment clause preventing the privatisation of water infrastructure in the Three Waters Bill.

    Joynt Scroll 2023 · No Round · 2023-05-07

  • This House would nationalise all housing in the US

    Infoslide

    *To nationalise means to transfer from private or regional ownership and control to state/government ownership and control."

    Vietnam BP Championship 2023 - English Division · Round 4 · 2023-04-25

  • In times of significant instability in financial markets, This house supports partially state funded bank mergers.

    Infoslide

    In March this year following the collapse of the American bank 'Sillicon Valley Bank', the second biggest Swiss bank 'Credit Suisse' was facing financial trouble and a collapse was highly likely. To prevent such a collapse, the larger Swiss bank 'UBS' purchased Credit Suisse at a fraction of it's full retail value, and with financial backing from the Swiss National Bank. For the purpose of the debate this is called a 'partially state funded bank merger'.

    Glasgow Ancients 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-04-07

  • That art generated by artificial intelligence (e.g. images, paintings, poetry, text) which is specifically based on the work of an artist should be legally considered intellectual property of that artist

    Infoslide

    Intellectual Property Law (otherwise known as copyright law) protects the ability of an individual to own and profit from their own creativity and intellectual effort. For example, IP law often protects artists from having their profits stolen off them by someone else who might copy lyrics of their song. For the purposes of this motion, if someone were to generate art from artificial intelligence "in the style of Vincent Van Gogh", intellectual property of that art would lie solely at the hands of Vincent Van Gogh.

    Eastside Debating Competition 2023 Year 12 · Round 1 · 2023-03-17

  • This House, as Barrista, would accept the scholarship

    Infoslide

    Barrista owns a coffee farm in Colombia (one of the largest coffee-exporting countries in the world), which she inherited from her parents and ancestors, who were known for growing coffee beans of a culturally rare strain of specialty coffee in their community. Before her parents died, they made it clear that she cannot disclose the methods of generating this coffee strain to other families, which is why no other family knows how to grow it. They also told her that she cannot stop operating the farm as it was the primary reason their community prospered and became known. However, she really wants to become a fashion designer and is offered a once-in-a-lifetime scholarship to study at one of the top fashion design schools in America. Choosing the scholarship means leaving Colombia, putting the coffee farm on the brink of closure.

    46th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Grand Final · 2023-03-17

  • That we should limit the private ownership of historically and culturally significant art to the members of that culture.

    Advanced Open 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-03-02

  • This house believes that animal rights activists should launch a campaign of sabotage and property destruction to further the cause of animal rights.

    CUPD 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-02-24

  • In cities with high rates of homelessness, This House would drastically broaden eminent domain powers to build affordable, high-density public housing

    Infoslide

    Eminent domain, or land acquisition, is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use with payment of compensation. The most common uses of property taken by eminent domain have been for roads and railroads, government buildings, and public utilities.

    Asian Online Debating Championship WSDC 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-02-24

  • That art generated by artificial intelligence (e.g. images, paintings, poetry, text) which is specifically based on the work of an artist should be legally considered intellectual property of that artist

    Infoslide

    Intellectual Property Law (otherwise known as copyright law) protects the ability of an individual to own and profit from their own creativity and intellectual effort. For example, IP law often protects artists from having their profits stolen off them by someone else who might copy lyrics of their song. For the purposes of this motion, if someone were to generate art from artificial intelligence 'in the style of Vincent Van Gogh', intellectual property of that art would like solely at the hands of Vincent Van Gough

    ASO 2023 · 2 · 2023-01-14

  • "He will significantly impact his current standard of living in order to retire at a young age instead of retiring at retirement age."

    Infoslide

    You are a young person with a high salary. Saving a significant percentage of your earnings will enable you to retire at a significantly younger age than the retirement age.

    Tech Open 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-01-01