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  • This house supports the rise of patients self-advocating in medicine

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    Self-advocating encourages patients to make sure their issues are not dismissed by medical professionals. This includes doing your own research, asking for a second opinion, making sure doctors note down denying tests in your medical record, etc

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-26

  • This house supports the disability rights movement's use of the social model of disability in their advocacy

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    The social model of disability views disability as stemming from communities, services and spaces that are not accessible or inclusive. In the social model of disability, it is society that places limits on a person, not their disability. This is as opposed to medical models of disability which situate the harms of disability in the features of the illness itself.

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2025 · Open Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-07-26

  • This house prefers a world where there is a predominant belief that the "currency of life is time"

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    "Currency of life is time" is the belief that the value of material wealth and money diminishes with age since your time and ability to use it decreases. Rather than the pursuit of increasing material wealth, it promotes maximizing happiness. For instance, a 40 year old man with 3 million dollars is considered richer than a 80 year old man with 6 million dollars.

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2025 · Novice Grand Finals · 2025-07-26

  • This house supports narratives that primarily attribute the tragedy of the youth to the state

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    The tragedy of the youth refers to the current generation Gen Z and young Millennials) experiencing directionlessness, disillusionment, and disempowerment. They face challenges such as social isolation, identity struggles, technological overload, and uncertain futures

    Humanities Open 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-07-26

  • This house regrets the dominance of communitarianism in leftist movements

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    Communitarianism is the recognition of common moral values and collective responsibility.

    Humanities Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-26

  • This house believes that Mamdani's victory has done more harm than good to the Democratic Party.

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    In the 2025 Democratic primary for the New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani achieved a surprise victory over fellow Democrat candidate Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo had run for the election despite multiple previous allegations of sexual harrassment. Mamdani gained popularity largely off the basis of his democratically socialist policies, such as the implementation of universal childcare, city-run grocery stores, and freezing rent for rent-stabilised tenants. However, his policy stances have also been mired in controversy, with Trump threatening to arrest him should he fail to cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-25

  • This house would remove the DIrect School Admission scheme for students entering secondary schools

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    The Direct School Admission scheme (DSA) is a form of aptitude-based admissions for primary schoolers entering secondary schools, which are processed before PSLE occurs. Primary schoolers who are admitted to a secondary school through DSA are not allowed to transfer to another secondary school, or select a different secondary school after receiving their PSLE results.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-25

  • This house supports the adoption of the 'Flexicurity Model' of employment across Europe.

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    The 'Flexicurity model' is the Danish labour market model. It combines easy hiring and firing for employers with social protections for workers. Under this model employers can hire and fire at will. Employees who voluntarily join and pay a subscription fee to an unemployment insurance fund can receive upto two years of unemployment benefits.

    Glasgow Summer Cup 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19

  • This house believes that countries with low natural population growth should introduce radical financial incentives* for parents *e.g. tax breaks for prospective parents, help buying houses, free childcare, etc.

    Split Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19

  • THPAW with the ecological cap

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    The ecological capacity of the Earth has been established and globally accepted. Once this population limit is reached, new births are only permitted when someone dies. Families must join a waitlist if they wish to have children and selections are made on neutral criteria.

    Glasgow Summer Cup 2025 · ESL Final · 2025-07-19

  • This House Believes That Portugal should prioritize supply-side interventions over demand-side interventions to combat the housing crisis.

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    Supply driven interventions in the housing market are interventions aimed to increase the supply of housing and they include easing and incentivising private construction, easing zoning restrictions, easing the restoration of old and abandoned housing and investing in public housing. Demand side interventions in the housing market are interventions that aim to decrease demand for housing and they include curbing foreign or tourist real estate demand through greater restrictions on short-term rentals (e.g. increased taxation or area-based caps), removing tax benefits for foreign remote workers, and capping multiple property ownership of land and residential properties.

    International Debate Camp 2025 · Rodada 3 · 2025-07-19

  • This house believes that countries with low natural population growth should introduce radical financial incentives* for parents *e.g. tax breaks for prospective parents, help buying houses, free childcare, etc.

    Split Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19