THW remove all anti-trust protections in nations classified as developing economies. (Legalities)
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Anti-trust laws prohibit participation in actions that undermine market competition, such as price fixing, monopolization, or collusion with other businesses to manipulate pricing.
13%
50%
1 Gov win
4 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
6%
13%
1 Gov veto
2 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
Round 2
THP a world of online educational systems (ex. EdX, Coursera, CodeAcademy, Skillshare, Udemy) to offline educational systems. (Education)
29%
29%
2 Gov wins
2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
14%
2 Gov vetoes
0 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
THW prioritize standardised testing results to qualitative assessments of a candidate for entrance to higher educational institutes. (Education)
29%
14%
2 Gov wins
1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
21%
7%
3 Gov vetoes
1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
Round 3
TH as a climate activist in a Western Liberal Democracy, would aggressively advocate for nuclear energy over other renewable energy source. (Environment)
14%
29%
1 Gov win
2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
14%
7%
2 Gov vetoes
1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
THW ban all carbon credit systems. (Environment)
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Carbon credits are certificates that represent the reduction or removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. They are a way to measure and trade emissions reductions, and are used to fund climate action. There are often discussions around their quality, transparency, double countine and their actual ability to reduce emissions.
29%
2 Gov wins
0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
21%
7%
3 Gov vetoes
1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
THBT developed countries should pursue degrowth. (Environment)
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The Degrowth Movement is a social movement that criticises the political and social need for economies to consistently grow. Degrowth advocates suggest deliberately capping economic growth, or even shrinking the economy primarily in the service of, but not only for, environmental reasons.
14%
14%
1 Gov win
1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
14%
36%
2 Gov vetoes
5 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
Round 4
THBT the feminist movement should support female vigilante groups (e.g. Gulabi Gang in India; female vigilante groups in El Terrero, Mexico) (Social Justice & Social Movements)
43%
0 Gov wins
3 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
29%
4 Gov vetoes
0 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
THBT 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). (Social Justice & Social Movements)
14%
14%
1 Gov win
1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
14%
21%
2 Gov vetoes
3 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
This House Supports the strategic use of identity politics as a tool for achieving systemic change in deeply unequal communities. (Social Justice & Social Movements)
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Identity politics refers to political movements and strategies that are based on the shared experiences and identities of marginalized groups, such as race, gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
14%
14%
1 Gov win
1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
7%
29%
1 Gov veto
4 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
Pre Semifinals
THBT government should remove patent protection for all green patents in return for monetary compensation. (The P in CAP stands for Patent)
100%
0 Gov wins
2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
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Semifinals
THP the widespread adoption of AI chatbots for talk therapy to traditional, human-based forms of talk therapy (TherAIpy)
50%
1 Gov win
0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
25%
1 Gov veto
0 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
THR Google’s loss in the anti-trust case (Google)
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On August 5th, 2024, Google lost an anti-trust case brought against it by the US Department of Justice. The court required Google to seek structural remedies, which could include breaking up their business, among other things.
50%
1 Gov win
0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
25%
0 Gov vetoes
1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
Grand Final
THO the decoupling between the US and
China (International Valentine's Day)