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  • Assuming the technology exists, This house, as a struggling Middle-Class Filipino, would choose to sell their Intelligence

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    Intelligence is a quantifiable resource measured by cognitive ability, problem-solving skills, creativity, and knowledge retention. Every individual starts with the same intellectual capacity but earning intelligence depends on the decisions and opportunities you choose to take in life. Advanced technology enables intelligence to be transferred and stored among individuals, to the point that there are intelligence exchange systems where it is bought and sold.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · Grand Final · 2025-01-17

  • This house regrets the privatization of Camp John Hay

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    Camp John Hay was originally a US military base established on Cordilleran indigenous territory of Baguio in 1903. After World War II, the land was transferred to the Philippine Government. The Philippine government leased the land to private developers (now known as the Camp John Hay Development Corporation) for development into a tourism and business hub. The area is now a mix of commercial properties, hotels, residential areas, and leaiure spots including a golf course and eco-parks.

    Baguio Debate Cup 2025 · Adivay Cup · 2025-01-04

  • This House Opposes the increased shift to subscription based business models

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    Companies are increasingly adopting subscription models for selling their physical and digital products instead of solely relying on one-time sales. For example, physical products such as Oura smart ring, Tesla vehicles, and Peloton exercise bikes require monthly fees to unlock some or all features, while digital products such as Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft 365 have transitioned from one-time purchase to subscription-based access.

    Panama World Universities Debating Championships 2025 · ESL Semi Finals · 2024-12-27

  • This House prefers a world composed of many smaller communes as opposed to a few large empires

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    For the purposes of the debate, a commune refers to a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities. They have their own governance structures and do not report to or pay taxes to any authority outside of their commune. An empire is a political unit made up of many territories and peoples, usually through conquest. It has a central supreme authority or central government, usually an emperor or empress, exercising political control over subordinate peripheries.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Round 4 · 2024-12-21

  • This House would implement an annual tax on shares owned by individuals or entities

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    A share (sometimes referred to as stock or equity) represents a unit of ownership in a corporation's capital stock. Its value increases as the company's worth grows, and companies may pay dividends based on annual profits. Generally, people purchase shares for dividend income or sell them at a higher value, which both subjected to capital gain tax regulations. However, mere ownership of shares is not taxable.

    IIUM Open 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-12-21

  • This house supports clunkers in the pursuit of a Marxist revolution.

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    The world of cars is a world where humans don't exist, and all forms of life take the shape of cars. Cars are 'born' with predetermined tasks and social roles (e.g., a police car is born with a predisposition to work in the police, similarly race cars are born to race). Within their predestined professions, cars can make certain changes such as competing in different races, becoming coaches after a sports career, or working in various departments of the police. In the world of cars, jalopies are a class-discriminated group of cars that rust, and spare parts are no longer manufactured for them.

    Poznań Pro-Am 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-12-07

  • This house supports the land expropriation reform without compensation in South Africa.

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    The land expropriation without compensation reform in South Africa is a law that allows the government to take land owned by white residents of South Africa without any form of compensation from the state and redistribute it to black South African residents. In South Africa, 72% of private land is owned by the white population, which makes up about 7% of the country's residents.

    Poznań Pro-Am 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-12-07

  • This house believes that emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fans

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    Sports teams may be fan owned. For example, in the German Football League, the 50+1 rule requires a parent club to own at least 50% plus one additional share of a football company, ensuring that the club's members (fans who pay a membership fee) hold a majority of voting rights.

    Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-22

  • This house believes that the US and Canadian government should financially facilitate the buyout of Cobre Panama to transfer ownership of the mine to the Panamanian government (e.g. by providing a loan)

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    Cobre Panama is a copper mine that, while functioning, was responsible for 5% of Panama's GDP. Copper is Panama's biggest export, and the primary purchaser of Panamanian copper is China. In 2023 the mine was shuttered for two reasons: 1) A protracted disagreement between the Canadian mining company (First Quantum) and the Panamanian government over the mine's operations (e.g. revenue sharing, tax conditions, worker wages), which led to the government reneging on the agreement. 2) SUNTRACs, one of Panamas leading trade unions was excluded from labor involving the mine's construction which prompted them to engage in the blocking of ports and disrupting the mines' operations. Eventually, the government and First Quantum settled on an agreement, but the Panama Supreme Court ruled that the revenue-sharing agreement between First Quantum and Panama was "unconstitutional". First Quantum is now seeking $20B in international arbitration and has asked for US and Canadian government involvement in the arbitration.

    Yale Intervarsity 2024 · Open Semifinals · 2024-11-02