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30 Practice Debate Resolutions (#10)

As always, the list is divided by value, fact, and policy.

Value

  1. Social media has made us worse people.

  2. Society ought to provide for the basic needs of its citizens.

  3. Capitalism is an immoral system.

  4. Judicial activism is morally appropriate.

  5. Personality is more charming than appearance.

  6. Waterboarding is always immoral.

  7. Wealth equality is worth pursuing.

  8. Representative democracy is the best form of government.

  9. Pessimism is better than optimism.

  10. Government has no moral authority to enforce laws regarding victimless crimes.

Fact

  1. Nuclear war will never happen again.

  2. President Trump will be reelected in 2020.

  3. Taxation is theft.

  4. China will attack Taiwan within the next 10 years.

  5. North Korea will become significantly more free within the next 25 years. 

  6. The universe is infinite.

  7. Self-driving cars are the future.

  8. Federal marijuana legalization would be good for the US economy.

  9. There is no such thing as an optimal tariff.

  10. Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence.

Policy

  1. Psychedelic drugs should be legalized for therapeutic use.

  2. The US Supreme Court should declare mandatory minimum sentences unconstitutional.

  3. The US Federal Government should give education vouchers to homeschooling families.

  4. Universities should abolish academic tenure.

  5. The United States should significantly cut ties with Saudi Arabia.

  6. The Federal Reserve should be significantly restructured.

  7. Walmart should raise its minimum wage.

  8. The international community should take action against Russia.

  9. Investment should be taught in high school.

  10. The US Federal Government should significantly increase regulation on corporations.

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