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  • This house, as an average middle class individual in a developing nation, would embrace whimsical nihilism

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    Whimsical nihilism is a philosophical idea that blends nihilism, the idea that life has no purpose in the end, with a carefree or fun attitude. People who embrace this view often use humour, absurdity, or irony to deal with the idea that life doesn't have any inherent meaning.

    Bulacan Intervarsity 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-12-14

  • This House regrets the rise of climate finance as an environmental conservation measure

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    Climate Finance refers to a method of conserving the environment. This mode of conservation is done by having developed countries contribute financially to developing and underdeveloped nations to deal with environmental problems in status quo (e.g environmental problems include climate change, global warming, sea level rise).

    SSE Riga IV 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-12-09

  • This house believes that the governments of countries with emerging economies (e.g. Indonesia, Nigeria, Poland) should use political and economic measures to develop regional hubs over a dominant capital city

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    A regional hub refers to a city that serves as a central point for business, trade, finance, communication, and transportation, facilitating the flow of goods, services, and information between different regions of the world. There can be multiple hubs in one country, e.g. Munich, Frankfurt, and Hamburg in Germany; Bangalore, Kolkata, and Mumbai in India.

    SSE Riga IV 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-12-09

  • This House, as a developing country, supports the implementation of the BEPS 2.0 framework.

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    The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting framework, also known as BEPS 2.0, aims to introduce a minimum corporate tax as an obligation that all jurisdictions taking part of an existing multilateral agreement (e.g. G-8, G20, OECD, etc.) must adhere to.

    Monash Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-12-08

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of developing countries to outsource education.

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    Outsourcing education is the practice of states relinquishing control over educational services to non-governmental organisations & private agencies.

    Auckland IV 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-12-02

  • This house would accept the offer to play in Europe.

    Infoslide

    You are an exceptionally talented soccer player from the global south at the beginning of your career. You have received an offer to play for a national league that would place you among that league's highest-paid players. However, while it is relatively low compared to other players, you have significantly higher-paying offer to play in a European league.

    Queen's Holiday Open 2023 · Junior Semifinals · 2023-12-01

  • This house supports modern day piracy.

    Infoslide

    Modern-day piracy tends to happen in the poorest regions of the world, where there are little to no other opportunities for socioeconomic advancement. Also, plenty of modern-day piracy happens in response to foreign ships illegally plundering the resources of poor countries’ territorial waters. Modern-day piracy takes many forms, mainly stealing cargo/cash and/or holding people for massive ransoms (often paid via ransom insurance). In regions with sophisticated piracy industries, locals can often invest in pirate missions and earn a share of the profits.

    Queen's Holiday Open 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-12-01

  • This house believes that that Canadian municipalities should significantly reduce the number of properties that have heritage protection.

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    Heritage protection is awarded to properties deemed by a elected municipal councils to have special historic, architectural, or cultural significance. Examples include 19th century Victorian-style detached homes in Toronto's Annex neighbourhood, the Riel House in Winnipeg, and the St Patrick's Basilica in Montreal. Having heritage protection makes it difficult or impossible to demolish buildings or make changes or additions to them beyond basic maintenance and repair.

    Queen's Holiday Open 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-12-01

  • This house believes that Latin American states should nationalize their hard commodities extraction industries

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    A hard commodity is a natural resource that must be mined or extracted. Latin American states have significant reserves of hard commodities. These include a projected 5–10% of the world's demand for oil by 2030, and over a fifth of the global reserves for metals (silver, tin, nickel, copper, and lithium), which are used to produce green energy.

    JHU Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-11-24

  • This house believes that developing states should aggressively incentivise collective farming

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    Collective farming is a type of agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise

    UNSW November Knockout 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-11-11

  • This house believes that China should pursue aggressive economic stimulus policies (e.g. injecting central bank funds directly into the economy at large scale, providing stimulus checks to ordinary citizens and businesses, buying housing to push up prices, etc.)

    Oxford IV 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-11-10

  • This house believes that local religious organizations in emerging democracies should adopt "Liberation Theology"

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    "Liberation Theology" is a religious movement that seeks to apply religious faith by aiding the poor through involvement in political and civic affairs. Akin to socialist ideologies, it stresses both heightened awareness of the unjust socioeconomic structures that cause social inequities and active participation in changing those structures."

    Pacific Schools Open 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-11-10

  • This house regrets Korea’s economic development strategy of heavily relying on chaebols

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    A chaebol is a large industrial conglomerate that is run by an individual or family. Some examples of chaebols in Korea include: Samsung, SK group (the corporation that owns the team that league of legends GOAT Faker plays on), LG, and Hyundai. There currently exists more than 2 dozen chaebols in Korea. Most of Korea’s economy currently relies on chaebols. For example, Samsung contributes around 20% of Korea’s GDP. Chaebols have become so big in Korea due to Korea’s economic strategy from the 60s onwards that prioritized the growth of chaebols (i.e. giving government funding to chaebols) rather than the economy as a whole.

    Western University Fall Debating Championships 2023 · Octofinals · 2023-11-03

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of environmental movements to prioritise policy that aims to lower the broad damage of climate change e.g lower levels of greenhouse gases and cleaner oceans at the cost of localised effects e.g extinction of endangered species and the destruction of local communities

    Manchester Novices 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-10-21