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RPMD 2021
2021-06-01 · BP
Motions
RPMD 2021 (2021)12 motions
- Round 1THR the rise in Influencer marketing
- Round 2THS the creation of a European Super League
- Round 3THO left wing media using mockery to cover the far right e.g. The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight.
- Round 4THP a centralised system of healthcare charity
- Round 5THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.
- Pre QuarterfinalsTHS military coups as tools to usher in replacement of constitutional democracies
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the Indian Government should prefer building partnerships with rising China technology firms (e.g. Alibaba) over established Western big businesses (e.g. Amazon, Facebook)
- SemifinalsTH as a young altruistic university graduate, would seek to contribute to the world through attaining high earning positions and donating to highly effective charities, rather than by working in socially beneficial occupations
- Grand FinalTHR the characterization of envy as a vice
- Novice QuarterfinalsTHS military coups as tools to usher in replacement constitutional democracies
- Novice SemifinalsTHS the adoption of a global minimum tax
- Novice FinalsTHR the glorification of struggle stories (eg students talking about how much they study, celebrities talking about personal hardships)
What gets set here
Politics25%
Social & Identity25%
Media17%
Economics17%
Sport8%
Health & Medicine8%
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21% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 77.3.
Last edition: 24 of 117 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break24 teams
- Novice break19 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| altamash | MG | THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements. | 83 |
| Shelly D. | LO | THP a centralised system of healthcare charity | 83 |
| 🇳🇿 Joe A. | LO | THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements. | 82 |
| 🇳🇿 Daniel M. | OW | THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements. | 82 |
| 🇮🇳 Shakya C. | GW | THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements. | 82 |
| Soumitri D. | DLO | THP a centralised system of healthcare charity | 82 |
| 🇳🇿 Daniel M. | OW | THP a centralised system of healthcare charity | 82 |
| 🇳🇿 Joe A. | MO | THP a centralised system of healthcare charity | 82 |
| 🇵🇭 Lanz H. | PM | THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements. | 81 |
| Soham P. | MG | THP a centralised system of healthcare charity | 81 |
| 🇬🇧 Shaurya C. | DPM | THR the rise in Influencer marketing | 81 |
| 🇬🇧 Joshua P. | DLO | THR the rise in Influencer marketing | 81 |
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