Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020
The debate tournament called “Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020” was held on the 3/20/2020. You can find all the debate topics that were debated in the tournament in this article. If you are looking for the results, please check the category Other debate tournament results.
Here are the motions:
1 THW forcibly take owernership of privately-owned homes which are not lived in by their owners during periods of national housing shortages.
2 THBT, instead of attempting to mitigate the effect of climate change, states should re-divert all existing environmental funding to geoengineering projects.
3 THR the decision to let the FARC run as a political party.
4 When tech companies own platform utilities and platform products, THW break them up.
5 THS protectionism in developing countries.
Novice_Final THR the Goldwater Rule
Open_Semi THBT social justice movements should not actively try to appeal to allies (e.g. the feminist movement deliberately trying to appeal to men, or the LGBT+ movement to straight cis individuals).
Open_Final Assuming the technology exists, TH supports the use of augmented eternity for people in highly influential positions (e.g: top academics, researchers, CEOs or politicians)
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