Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    This house believes that social media companies should actively deplatform public grief content in times of crisis.
  • 2
    THP a world with no social media influencers
  • 3
    THW ban cartel-related content on social media.

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    TH, as MERCOSUR , W prioritize stronger relations with China as opposed to the EU
  • 2
    THBT MERCOSUR countries should allow the free movement of labour amongst member states
  • 3
    THBT the US Invasion of Venezuela is in the interests of the Venezuelan People

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT anti relgious movement should use a Neo-paganist approach over a New Atheist approach
  • 2
    In countries with influential religious political parties this house as a progressive party would choose the "reclamation of religion approach" over the "abolition of religion" approach
  • 3
    THP decentralised, market-driven forms of Christianity (e.g., Pentecostalism, Evangelicalism) to hierarchical, institutionally governed denominations (e.g., Anglicanism, Catholicism)

    • Pre Quarterfinals

  • 1
    This house believes that environmental movements should heavily shift their conservation efforts to the protection of keystone species even at the expense of other endangered species
  • 2
    THW pay rural communities to not have children as a condition for continued access to disaster-relief funding (e.g., drought, flooding)
  • 3
    In areas prone to environmental disasters,This house would ban corporations from acquiring land development permits

    • Round 5

  • 1
    THR the privatization of Air India
  • 2
    THBT pension funds should predominantly invest through passive strategies.
  • 3
    THO banks facing bankruptcy selling their non-performing loans to private funds

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THBT developing nations should impose strict caps on the proportion of private clinic capacity allocated to international patients
  • 2
    This House Would aggressively incentivise hospitals that prioritise Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).
  • 3
    This house supports the rise of patients self advocating in medicine

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THW classify high-performance AI Compute as a "Public Utility" and ration its distribution rather than allowing it to be sold to the highest bidder.
  • 2
    THBT the commercialization of "Digital Afterlife" technology does more harm than good
  • 3
    THW mandate an "Opt-In" as opposed to an “Opt out” framework for the training of all commercial AI models.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THO student loan forgiveness programs
  • 2
    THR University of Delhi’s strict enforcement of the attendance criteria in colleges
  • 3
    This House believes that education systems should over-inflate children’s academic self-perception (e.g. providing overwhelmingly positive feedback, avoiding fail grades, etc.)

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THS a strong narrative that you should avoid interactions with people whose political beliefs differ from you.
  • 2
    THR the emphasis on "professionalism" in high growth companies (eg - zomato, urban company, cred)
  • 3
    THS a norm discouraging parenthood among people who do not meet minimum standards of care capacity (e.g. housing, mental health, or income security)