Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THO the Venice Art Biennale
  • 2
    TH, as Disney, W return to making animated films with darker themes
  • 3
    THBT comedians from minority communities should not base their comedy on stereotypes and slurs about their own groups.
  • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    THW abolish income tax in favor of an expenditure tax
  • 2
    THR the use of disclaimers (e.g. "This is not financial advice") by personal finance influencers to absolve themselves of legal repercussions
  • 3
    THBT developing countries should incentivize companies to engage in organic growth over inorganic growth
  • Novice Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THS the philosophy of 'Amor Fati'
  • 2
    TH prefers a world where people cannot lie
  • 3
    This House prefers guilt society over shame society
  • Novice Pre-Quarterfinals

  • 1
    TH, as a middle-class parent, W orient their child to the belief that fulfilment in career is derived primarily from financial gain
  • 2
    THBT liberal democracies should financially incentivize parents to raise their children in a secular environment
  • 3
    TH, as a parent in Asia, W embrace Tiger Parenting
  • Grand Final

  • 1
    THP religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures.
  • 2
    Where resources are significantly limited, THBT states should actively promote religion in areas of high poverty.
  • 3
    THR religion's reliance on miracles in promoting their faith
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    THW abolish income tax in favor of an expenditure tax
  • 2
    THR the use of disclaimers (e.g. "This is not financial advice") by personal finance influencers to absolve themselves of legal repercussions
  • 3
    THBT developing countries should incentivize companies to engage in organic growth over inorganic growth
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THS the philosophy of 'Amor Fati'
  • 2
    TH prefers a world where people cannot lie
  • 3
    This House prefers guilt society over shame society
  • Pre-Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT local governments should prioritize predictive analytics as opposed to a participatory approach when crafting comprehensive development plans
  • 2
    THO the use of data as currency
  • 3
    THBT social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) should manipulate users’ news feeds in order to promote progressive content.
  • Round 6

  • 1
    THBT the national curriculum for primary and secondary education should be based on the consensus of local leading academicians in that particular field as opposed to the state
  • 2
    During a pandemic, THBT it is justified for states to underreport cases of a virus in the interest of quelling public clamor
  • 3
    THS the use of lustration in countries transitioning from authoritarian regimes.
  • Round 5

  • 1
    THBT LGBTQ+ activists should focus on promoting a post-gender society rather than gender being on a spectrum
  • 2
    TH, as the feminist movement, would actively encourage women to partake in sologamy
  • 3
    TH, as the LGBTQ+ community in conservative countries, would discourage Pride Parades
  • Round 4

  • 1
    THBT jury members should be selected from the same socioeconomic class as the defendant
  • 2
    THBT in areas with high criminal activity, governments should incentivize organized crime groups (e.g. gangs) to reduce violent crime in the areas they control.
  • 3
    THS countries implementing their own version of the Generational End Game bill
  • Round 3

  • 1
    THBT developing countries should cap internal rural-to-urban and international migration
  • 2
    THBT developing countries using the exportation of labor as strategy for development has done more harm than good
  • 3
    THBT the local population of undeveloped areas should prioritize campaigning for fixed infrastructure over mobile infrastructures i.e. mobile hospitals, mobile schools etc
  • Round 2

  • 1
    THW cap the amount of endowments and donations that educational institutions receive
  • 2
    THW ban paywalls for news sites and academic journals
  • 3
    In areas of chronically low academic attainment, THBT the general approach of educational charities should be to focus resources on maximizing the potential of exceptional students.
  • Round 1

  • 1
    THBT the reaction feature on social media posts (i.e. likes) have done more harm than good
  • 2
    THW hold social media companies liable for the existence of 'troll farms' on their platform
  • 3
    THR the rise of TraumaTok