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  • This house prefers a world with the widespread culture of indebtedness.

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    For the purposes of this debate, the "culture of indebtedness" is an ethical norm that states “what you owe must be repaid”. The application of the norm can range from interpersonal relationships to the collective identity of the community.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-01

  • This house believes that that the SPSE does more harm than good

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    For the sake of this debate Somalian Piracy Stock Exchange (SPSE) refers to the informal fiancial system in which Somalian investors can fund pirate operations in exchange for part of the profits earned from ransoms. Similar to many other famous stock exchanges, SPSE lists a diverse selection of companies although all companies are related to illegal pirate operations in Somalia. Moreover, SPSE is accessible (physically but not online) to anyone willing to invest given that one has sufficient capital to do so. However, unlike other stock exchanges, SPSE allows investment via non-monetary means such as equipment like boats and guns. The monetary value of such equipment is negotiated based on supply and demand of the localized market in which the pirates operate in before being converted into 'stocks'.

    Erasmus Novice Cup · Golden Final · 2025-11-01

  • This house regrets the rise of retail trading.

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    Retail trading is the buying and selling of financial securities by individual, non-professional investors for personal finance. This has grown in popularity and accessibility, enabled by online brokerage platforms and mobile trading apps (e.g. Moomoo, Tiger Brokers).

    SMU Novice Debating Championships 2025 · Open Semifinal · 2025-11-01

  • As an average individual, This house prefers to be agro-rich than urban-rich

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    For this debate, being agro-rich means having wealth that comes primarily from the ownership of land, farms, and agricultural production or exports; wealth that depends on physical assets, long-term contracts, and the continued management of land, machinery, and workers. It often includes commitments that tie you to the land and its operations. Being urban-rich means having wealth that comes from urban economic activity: high-paying jobs in services, finance, law, real estate, or technology, where income depends on knowledge, professional advancement, and capital flows. It often includes commitments like mortgages, stock options, or promotions.

    South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-01

  • This House supports the rise of the gig economy in developing countries

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    A gig economy describes a labor market where freelance or short-term contracts are common. Independent contractors fill these roles in verbal or written agreements, and receive paid compensation. Examples include: online tutors, delivery drivers, freelance programming, hired househelp, etc.

    University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01

  • This house believes that professional sports should adopt the athlete control model

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    In professional sports, athlete control is a hypothetical concept that allows for members of a team's active roster to have voting power in key operational decisions for the team (e.g. stadium construction, hiring/firing coaches, approving new ownership, etc.). In the athlete control model, the cumulative voting power of the team rosters would be a significant minority (roughly 40%) of the vote share.

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-31

  • This house believes that the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction

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    The H-1B visa allows U.S. for-profit employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor’s degree. Each year, 85,000 new H-1Bs are available, allocated by lottery. The Trump administration has implemented fees of $100,000 on H-1B visas granted to those applying from outside the U.S.

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-31

  • This House Prefers a world where modern policing follows the “mercenary police model.”

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    Under the mercenary police model, local governments don't hire their own public police forces. Instead, they contract private security firms to perform police functions such as patrolling, investigation, and emergency response.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-25

  • Provided he wins, This House Believes That Zohran Mamdani will do more good than harm.

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    Zohran Mamdani is a state assemblyman since 2021, and member of the Democratic Socialists of America who is polling to win the NYC Mayoral Election in November, with around 45% of the vote, with the rest split between other candidates. Mamdani's platform includes support for a rent freeze for millions of tenants and making evictions much more difficult, making buses free, replacing private utility companies with public ones, redirecting NYPD funds towards social services, increasing taxes on the rich and corporations, and defiantly standing against Trump and ICE.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that the US should curb the rapid growth of data centers

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    Data centers are crucial physical infrastructures which stores large amounts of digital information that fuel emerging technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things. Currently, there are over 5000 data centers across the United States which are primarily developed for Big Tech companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon. While data centers have brought billions of dollars in investments and created thousands of jobs, they are extremely energy-intensive and use immense amounts of local resources especially water.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 3 · 2025-10-25

  • This house welcomes the rise of corporate-controlled cities in the Global South

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    Corporate-controlled cities such as private and charter cities are self- governing cities within a developing country where a guarantor, usually by corporations from developed countries, are granted political and economic autonomy. The guarantor controls the city including the creation of legal codes, laws, courts, immigration and economic policies. Examples include Prospera backed by Silicon Valley-based investors in Honduras, Bitcoin City in El Salvador and Silicon Zanzibar in Tanzania

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-10-25

  • This house prefers a world in which individuals gain access to the Dreamscape for one month if they are handed a Coke with their name on it.

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    'Share a Coke' has been a multi-national marketing campaign by Coca-Cola since 2011. It replaces the traditional Coke logo from one side of the bottle with the phrase "Share a Coke with" followed by a person's name. For the purposes of this debate, individuals cannot order these Coke bottles online; the bottles can only be found by accident during an unrelated shopping trip. (2/2) The Dreamscape is a finicky new invention that has the capacity to bring any and all sentient beings from an individual’s dreams into reality. Individuals do not get to choose which beings from their dreams are manifested — they only get to choose to use the machine. These beings only survive as long as the individual has access to the Dreamscape. Once created, these beings retain their physical characteristics & supernatural powers, should they possess any. For example, if someone dreams of a strong giant, this giant will retain its size and strength upon entering reality. Most of the time, these beings will pursue socially good objectives, albeit imperfectly — e.g., a giant may be unnecessarily destructive; a shaman may accidentally turn water into wine, etc. Some of the time, these beings will pursue socially bad objectives.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-25

  • In countering anti-immigration sentiments, This house believes that left-wing movements should primarily adopt a cultural approach instead of an economic approach.

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    For the purpose of this debate, the 'cultural approach' to migration contends that an increase in the immigrant population enhances the host nation’s cultural diversity, attempting to dispel the anti-immigration sentiment glorifying the preservation of cultural purity. The 'economic approach' frames migration in economic terms, arguing that immigrant integration yields economic benefits and seeks to counter rhetoric which suggests that immigrants cause negative economic ramifications.

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

  • This house would create prehistoric world.

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    Thanks to advancements in genetic research, scientists have managed to "recreate" dire wolves, an Animal that went extinct during the ice age. Further research is ongoing to resurrect the woolly mammoth, Sabretooth tigers and even dinosaurs. Prehistoric world would be an amusement park/zoo where visitors could see and interact with these creatures.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-10-24