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  • This house believes that social movements should advocate for members of its population to assimilate into, instead of dismantle, the systems it opposes (e.g., Black Lives Matter advocating for Black Americans to join the police force, the feminist movement advocating for women to co-opt masculine behaviors in the workplace).

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-05-01

  • That we would prefer a jobs guarantee program over an universal basic income scheme

    Infoslide

    A jobs guarantee program is a proposal where the government promises to hire workers if they are unable to find employment elsewhere. An universal basic income scheme is a program where all citizens of working age regularly receive a guaranteed income in the form of an unconditional transfer payment from the government.

    Grandslam 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-04-21

  • This house prefers to live in a world where everyone is born with a niche skill set

    Infoslide

    There is a world where every individual is born with a niche skill set that they are innately proficient at. Other people may have the same niche skill set, but those that have a different niche will not be as proficient in the niche skill that another is born with.

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-04-20

  • This House Would not accept the offer to play in the Asian League

    Infoslide

    A national federation of a team sport in the Philippines is known for having multiple past and current issues, such as corruption and mishandling of its past national teams. These issues resulted in past national team star players and coaches declining the offer to participate in this year’s Asian League—the largest Asian sports tournament that happens once every two years. Because of numerous declinations from star players, the federation invited you to join the national team competing in the league this year. As an average Filipino professional player from a less popular and sponsored local team, this is the first time you have been given an offer after years of playing the sport. In accepting the offer, your contract stipulates that you cannot back out.

    SMDO 2023 · 4 · 2023-04-15

  • This house believes that the state's general economic approach should be to promote policies which seek to maximize economic growth even when it comes at the expense of structural unemployment (eg. promote free trade agreements, wage repression and encouraging automation of labour.

    LSRPD 2023 · 4 · 2023-04-14

  • This house believes that the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging.

    Infoslide

    The post-work movement believes that the ideal society is one that has obsoleted the need to work (e.g. a world in which work were mostly automated or everyone were provided a Universal Basic Income)

    NAUDC 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-04-08

  • This house, as an aspiring porn artist would focus on creating solo-cam porn career over entering the traditional porn industry.

    Infoslide

    A solo-cam model is an independent video performer who streams on the internet with a live webcam broadcast. Viewers in private chat rooms pay the performance by the minute, however, in free chat rooms, payment is voluntary in the form of tips.

    Glasgow Ancients 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-04-07

  • That we, as an individual from a disadvantaged background, would embrace code-switching in the workplace.

    Infoslide

    Code-switching is the practice of changing your mannerisms, tone of voice, appearance, or switching between two dialects of one language (e.g. Australian English and Australian Aboriginal English) depending on the social context you are in.

    Monash Open 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-04-01

  • This house opposes the norm of company founders remaining in key C-suite roles in the company after its IPO.

    Infoslide

    'IPO' = Initial Public Offering; (when a company changes from private to public ownership by offering stocks to the public) 'C-suite' = a term used to describe high-ranking executive titles in an organization (e.g., chief executive officer, chief operating officer, etc.)

    HWS RR 2023 · 5 · 2023-04-01

  • This house regrets the narrative that professionals working for nonprofits perform a public service" or "sacrifice.""

    Infoslide

    Performative radicalism" refers to a type of political engagement that focuses on publicly sharing and displaying one's political beliefs or stances to create a court of public opinion rather than directly influencing policy change."

    HKDC 2023 · 1 · 2023-03-25

  • During corporate restructuring that involves layoffs, This house would require that companies prioritize laying off workers who have the best chance of finding new jobs (e.g., people who are younger, more geographically mobile, or have more cross-applicable skills).

    Infoslide

    'Recovery from religion' organizations are nonprofit organizations that offer support to people who are trying to leave a religion. For example, they organise support groups, operate call centres where people can get support over the phone, and organize events that promote atheism and secularism.

    Manzar 2023 · Pre-Quarter Finals · 2023-03-25

  • This house regrets the glamourization of start-up culture that encourages people to start their own businesses rather than pursuing traditional career paths.

    Colonel Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Debating Championship 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-03-24

  • That governments should prioritise high employment rates at the expense of significantly slowing down technological advancement (e.g. taxing automation, setting a minimum quota for human employees, or banning/limiting use of certain technologies)

    Junior IDC 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-03-20

  • This house believes that leftist parties in developing countries should prioritize the New Left over traditional, class-related policies

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, the “New Left” believes that left-leaning parties should prioritize a series of social issues (minority rights, feminist struggles, environmental reforms) instead of economic and class related policies (wealth redistribution policies, labor reforms).

    Tabtastic Spring 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-03-18

  • This house believes that leftist parties in developing countries should prioritize the New Left over traditional, class-related policies

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, the 'New Left' believes that left-leaning parties should prioritize a series of social issues (minority rights, feminist struggles, environmental reforms) instead of economic and class related policies (wealth redistribution policies, labor reforms).

    Tabtastic Spring 2023 · 4 · 2023-03-18