Positions

This position holds that Holocaust comparisons are not okay. It argues that the Holocaust's scale and horror make comparison inappropriate — that casual comparisons obscure the attitudes that enabled it, erase its Romani victims, and trivialise an atrocity that demands to be treated as unique.

This entry describes a nativist reaction against removing controversial UK statues, associated with groups such as the EDL and the alt-right press. It frames anti-statue activists as a lawless mob 'erasing British history,' and leans heavily on anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.

This position holds that HS2, Britain's high-speed rail project, should be built rather than scrapped. It argues the line serves the national interest by freeing badly needed capacity on an overcrowded network, and is crucial to 'levelling up' the North by improving its connections.

This position names Hugo Lloris the greatest Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper of all time. The club's number one since 2012, it argues his pedigree is unmatched—captain of both Spurs and France, and a World Cup champion with his national side.

Either due to our evolutionary and cultural heritage, or the economic processes that underpin organised human society, attempts at Anarchism are doomed to failure.

While the better angels of our nature may think intervening will help, that is often not the case. In addition to the practical and diplomatic hurdles, having a foreign military in a domestic conflict does not ease tensions.

If violations of human rights are occurring, we have a moral obligation to intervene. Not every instance of humanitarian intervention will be identical, so we cannot assume it will be ineffective. Even if it does not work, we must try and help.

I would most wish to see Ian Duncan Smith offered a one-way ticket.

This entry describes identitarian anti-Semitism, which holds that Jews do not fit within mainstream European culture. It documents the antisemitic trope casting Jews as alien or 'uncivilised'—a prejudice rejected as baseless and bigoted.

This position holds that the Cambridge Analytica affair is a storm in a teacup and no reason to boycott Facebook. It argues the data practices involved are nothing unusual—everybody in the industry does much the same—so there is little here worth getting worked up about.

We need to tackle the biggest challenge facing humanity! The rethink allows us to address the climate crisis in a way that wouldn't have been possible before Covid-19.

The idea behind color-conscious casting has good intentions behind it, but there are those who would twist it and misuse it for their own benefit. Color-conscious casting can use cultural nuances like a weapon to limit minority groups by casting people of color only in roles which line up with their cultural backgrounds. In other words, "historical accuracy" can be used as an excuse to exclude people of color from the roles that they are pursuing.

Income Inequality, broadly defined, has existed since before capitalism was adopted as an economic model.

This position holds that schools should teach both classic and contemporary literature. It argues that, because the past shaped the present, students need the classics to see how we got here, alongside modern works that speak to life today — a blend producing well-rounded readers.

This position holds that incrementalism works, but not on its own. It argues that real change requires both gradual, step-by-step progress and occasional big surges of momentum — incrementalism laying the groundwork that a decisive push then builds upon.

This position holds that indoor fitness is the best way to stay fit during COVID-19. With gyms closed, it argues the home can become your gym—through yoga, bodyweight strength training, 'housewalking,' online fitness classes, and using household items as makeshift equipment.

The fastest-inflating components of CPI are demand inelastic. You can delay or decline a TV purchase, but not a hospital stay. Demand-inelastic items therefore consume an ever larger proportion of the consumer budget. This is most noticeable to lower-income consumers, who perceive a creeping loss of financial control, even if their total spending is growing only slowly.

Targeting inflation is the wrong approach. An NGDP-targeting regime could also be more transparent and market-driven than the current interest-rate targeting regime. To further improve transparency, the Fed could engage in level targeting.

Descent into a black hole would result in certain death to us humans due to the high gravitational force. But if we could, what would happen if we traveled into a black hole?

Instagram is a social networking platform specifically geared towards sharing photos and videos. The on-the-go and ease of interacting within the app has lent itself well towards becoming a platform filled with a plethora of quarantine challenges.

This position holds that, rather than slavery reparations, policy should tackle poverty for all Americans. It argues the lasting harm of slavery is felt mainly through poverty — which afflicts other groups too — and that broad anti-poverty measures would do more to cut racial inequality.

Some historians believe the decline of Rome stretches all the way back to the Severan dynasty in the 2nd century when the military emperors eroded the seriousness of Roman high office. Rome became an ineffectual and corrupt empire from then onwards.

This position holds that international affairs caused the French Revolution. It argues that France's costly foreign involvements — above all bankrolling the American Revolution — drained the economy into debt, breeding the discontent that erupted into revolution.

This position holds that Freud's beliefs remain influential and widely discussed, but that their interpretation has shifted over time. It traces how core Freudian ideas — the conscious and unconscious mind, repression, and the role of sexual desire — are understood differently today.

This position presents interpretivism as a leading research philosophy in academia. It describes a subjectivist approach focused on people and the meanings they create, arguing its strengths lie in being subjective, innovative, and well suited to smaller, in-depth data samples.

This position holds that intersectionality works in theory but falls short in practice. It accepts that its principles are sound, but argues that the practice is impractical and overly complex, and that it is often weaponised — so it fails to lay the groundwork for true equality.

Invasive species have a negative reputation for good reason. They have ruined ecosystems by eating native plants and animals. Because of their negative effects, invasive species should be relocated or eradicated.

Although invasive species have negative reputations, some invasive species are harmless and help their new habitats. The new plants and animals are an extra source of nutrients to the native habitat and its inhabitants. Helpful invasive species should stay in the habitats they currently reside in.

Invasive species hurt humans just as much as plants and animals. Invasive animals have killed and injured people, and invasive plants can cause rashes and poison people.

This position holds that Ireland should be united within the United Kingdom, as it was between 1801 and 1920. It argues that a single Irish nation would be stronger economically and politically as part of the UK than divided or fully independent.

This position frames a good argument as one that has real-world impact — that changes attitudes and behaviour. Its arguments then diverge: one holds that virality and persuasiveness are distinct, while another contends that a message's sheer reach is itself the evidence of impact.

As the weather gets warmer, in more isolated areas you can take advantage of it by doing small amounts of activity outdoors.

Israel and Palestine would form a mini-EU. Under the terms of the bloc, each state would have its own government but both governments would cooperate on economic, security, environmental and natural resource matters.