WS Prepared Motions - posted 8.9.26

Prepared Motions

*Rounds 1 -2:

This House believes democratic elections are better served by public financing than by privately funded campaigns.

Info Slide: A publicly financed election is one in which candidates' campaigns are funded by the state through public funds, such as tax revenues, rather than through private donations, corporate contributions, or candidates' personal wealth.

*Round 5 and Octos: octos will be flip for sides UNLESS teams met in R5, in which case sides will be locked

This House regrets the use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the primary metric of a nation's success.

*Finals:

This House welcomes climate pessimism.

Info slide: Climate pessimism is the viewpoint that catastrophic global heating and severe ecological breakdown cannot be fully prevented and we should make decisions based on this fact.