Semis: Econ

1) THW establish an international common currency

2) THP a federal job guarantee to a universal basic income

3) THW nationalize the banking system

4) THR the rise of the gig-economy

5) THR efforts to decouple the American and Chinese economies

1)Assuming feasibility, THW create sovereign states for each major religion, and offer citizenship to anyone who professes to be a part of that religion

2)THW implement world religions in public education

3) THR the rise of secularism

4) INFO: "blasphemy laws" are laws that prohibit speech intended to defame or blaspheme religions, sacred objects, or religious deities.

TH, as a democracy, would implement blasphemy laws

5) In 2018 the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party reached a landmark agreement to establish good communication and coordination between the two parties. Per the agreement, the Pope has the authority to appoint local bishops within the Chinese Underground church relatively free of Chinese Interference; in exchange, the Vatican prevents local bishops from publicly condemning the Xi-regime or deliberately criticizing the Communist Party. The agreement expires in October of 2024 and will need to be renegotiated

TH, as the Vatican, would extend the agreement.

Finals

Philosophy

I

THBT the war of the future is between man and machine

II

THBT it is morally permissible to use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards socially desirable choices.

III

THBT man is destined for the stars

IV

THR the fear of death

V

INFO: An extraterrestrial spacecraft suddenly appears in Earth's Orbit. Unable to communicate with the inhabitants of the spacecraft, you are unaware of their potential intentions, friendliness, or hostility.

THW shoot down the spacecraft.

Semis: Econ

1) THW establish an international common currency

2) THP a federal job guarantee to a universal basic income

3) THW nationalize the banking system

4) THR the rise of the gig-economy

5) THR efforts to decouple the American and Chinese economies

1)Assuming feasibility, THW create sovereign states for each major religion, and offer citizenship to anyone who professes to be a part of that religion

2)THW implement world religions in public education

3) THR the rise of secularism

4) INFO: "blasphemy laws" are laws that prohibit speech intended to defame or blaspheme religions, sacred objects, or religious deities.

TH, as a democracy, would implement blasphemy laws

5) In 2018 the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party reached a landmark agreement to establish good communication and coordination between the two parties. Per the agreement, the Pope has the authority to appoint local bishops within the Chinese Underground church relatively free of Chinese Interference; in exchange, the Vatican prevents local bishops from publicly condemning the Xi-regime or deliberately criticizing the Communist Party. The agreement expires in October of 2024 and will need to be renegotiated

TH, as the Vatican, would extend the agreement.

I. THBT all food production and distribution should be nationalized
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II. THS the rise of synthetic foods (e.g. lab-grown meats, bug-derived proteins, etc).
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III. THS the rise of city or state run grocery stores
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IV. THW rather be hunters and gatherers than shoppers and customers
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V. THW aggressively tax meat consumption
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1) THS the use of private military contractors in war

2) THW consider concrete evidence of a cyber attack by a foreign country to be a declaration of war

3) THBT targeted assassinations are a legitimate tool of warfare

4) INFO: No first use (NFU) refers to a type of pledge or policy wherein a nuclear power formally refrains from the use of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in warfare, except as a second strike in retaliation to an attack by an enemy power using WMD
TH, as the USA, would adopt a no-first-use policy

5) THR the rise of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWs)

I. THBT feminists should disavow carceral advocacies (i.e., advocating for harsher sentencing and corrections, surveillance, or other penal solutions to gendered violence)
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II. THR the conflation of hyper-sexual performances with empowerment
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INFO: “Trad wife” is a neologism of traditional-wife. Trad Wives harbor a preference for married family life. Trad wives typically are open and public about their personal desire for traditional marriage arrangements and gender roles, especially as the “homemaker.”
III. TH, as the feminist movement, would appeal to “trad wives”
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IV. THBT feminists should capitalize on rhetoric that women are more empathetic than men when campaigning for office
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V. THS commercial feminism

THS offering amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes in the interest of long-term peace

Post revolution, THW ban revolutionaries and their extended family from assuming political office

THBT post-conflict transitions should prioritize economic welfare over the establishment of robust civil liberties (i.e., pursuing wealth redistribution and economic welfare over the establishment of strong private property protections, free speech, etc).

THBT war criminals should be tried and executed outside of the country where they committed their atrocities

THBT national curriculums in post-conflict societies should instill forgiveness as a core tenet