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  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)

    Kasiyana Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-16

  • This house believes that sex-work-based online platforms* bring more harm than good

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    For the purposes of this debate, sex-work based online platforms involve independent content creators sharing intimate & explicit content as well as building relationships with customers. Examples of platforms include OnlyFans, JustForFans, etc...

    St Andrews pre-EUDC 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-08-13

  • This house believes that sex-work-based online platforms* bring more harm than good

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, sex-work based online platforms involve independent content creators sharing intimate & explicit content as well as building relationships with customers. Examples of platforms include OnlyFans, JustForFans, etc...

    St Andrews pre-EUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-13

  • The chamber believes that glorifying the concept of work-life integration brings more positive impacts than negative ones.

    Infoslide

    Work-life integration is a concept that rejects the rigid separation between professional and personal life, aiming to blend the two flexibly and simultaneously. It serves as a middle ground between work-life balance, which builds clear dividing walls, and hustle culture, which demands sacrificing one's life for work.

    Gadjah Mada Intervarsity 2025 - Divisi Bahasa Indonesia · Round 1 · 2025-08-13

  • This House, as a start-up founder, would seek to structure our business as an adhocracy rather than a hierarchy.

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    An adhocracy emphasises decentralised decision-making cross-functional teams, and internally encourages rapid adaptation to new opportunities or challenges. In contrast, a hierarchy is a structured system with clear lines of authority formal roles, and established procedures, prioritizing stability control and consistent processes.

    Guangdong Debate Challenge 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-09

  • This House prefers corporate ownership of farming over collective farming in developing countries

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    Collective farming involves groups of farmers pooling land, labor, and resources to produce and share agricultural output, often organized as cooperatives or community-managed farms. Corporate ownership refers to large agribusinesses controlling land, farming operations, processing, and distribution with the goal of profit maximization.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-09

  • This house, as the K-Pop star would stop pursuing a career as an idol

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    You are an up-and-rising junior star in the K-pop idol industry with brand deals and performance invitations. The company/agency you are signed to has significant amount of control over your life (i.e diet, dating life/ social life, creative flow)

    Mastermind Chronicles 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-08-08

  • This House Prefers a World in which all football clubs follow the regional recruitment model.

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    Under a regional recruitment model, professional football clubs only sign players who are either born in their region or spent a significant portion of their life there. For example, Athletic Bilbao in Spain only signs players who were born in or lived significant part of their lives in the Basque region.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Believes That Denmark should aggressively intervene in the private sector in order to reduce dependence on Novo Nordisk (e.g. dramatically reduce existing subsidies to Novo Nordisk; implement state-backed retraining programmes; provide large targeted tax breaks to startups in non-dominant industries like green tech).

    Infoslide

    Novo Nordisk is a multinational pharmaceutical company from Denmark which specialises in diabetes medication. It is known for discovering and manufacturing the drug behind Ozempic. Novo Nordisk represents approximately 20% of Denmark's stock market and is the most significant company in the Danish economy.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-03

  • This house regrets the rise of Kidfluencers

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    Child influencers, or "kidfluencers", are children who create content on social media platforms and build large online followings. They typically share videos about their daily lives, toy reviews, challenges, and personal activities, often with their parents managing their accounts. Some examples may include, but are not limited to, Ryan Kaji whose YouTube channel is known as Ryan's World and Txunamy Ortiz, a 12-year-old social media star with 5.4 million Instagram followers. She's known for fashion content, lip-sync videos, and comedy skits.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-08-02

  • 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 supports the lying flat movement in developing countries

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    Lying flat is a social movement that began in China around 2021. It emerged as a passive form of resistance among young people who are against intense work culture. Faced with rising living costs and rigid social expectations, some individuals choose to disengage from traditional life milestones such as career advancement, home ownership, and starting a family. Instead, they opt for minimalist lifestyles focused on rest, autonomy, and personal well-being.

    Grassroots Debate Open Pre-NDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • In developing countries, This house would subsidize Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that comply with ESG standards

    Infoslide

    Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a corporate framework for evaluating a company's sustainability and ethical impact (e.g. measuring carbon footprints (E), labor practices (S), and executive transparency (G)

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-02