This House Believes That the Internet Should Be Considered as a Common Heritage of Mankind

A principle of international law which holds that defined territorial areas and elements of humanity’s common heritage (cultural and natural) should be held in trust for future generations and be protected from exploitation by individual nation states or corporations. (Wikipedia) There are generally two possible ways to expect where this debate will go: one is…

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PM NUDC 2017 Final – As citizens, THW primarily base considerations to choose leaders based on “good political characters” rather than on policy

(Prime Minister) Alif Azadi Taufik, NUDC 2017 Indonesia, Grand Final  Video Source: YouTube Mister and madam speaker, the savageness of politics that we have now often means that we forget about the moralities of our policies, ladies and gentlemen. The savageness of politics right now means that many people do not want to participate in…

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DLO WUDC 2020 Open Semi-Final – This house prefers a “Brave New World” to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies

Lee Chin Wee, Thailand WUDC 2020 Open Semi-Final Deputy Leader of Opposition Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWbmzyLxlgU&t=1791s Infoslide A “Brave New World” has these characteristics: People are genetically engineered and socially conditioned by the state for specific societal roles. People’s material and physical needs are unfailingly met. There is no possibility of changing the social order….

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