Astana Open 2023

1. Round 1THO parents being heavily involved with their children's show business careers.Practise this motion
2. Round 2THBT academia should focus on social relevance over academic relevance.Practise this motion
3. Round 3THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content.Practise this motion
4. Round 4In areas with high organised crime rates, THS churches expelling current gang members.Practise this motion
5. Round 5In ethnically diverse countries, THW require all neighbourhoods to represent the ethnic makeup of that country.Practise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsTHBT progressive movements should heavily prioritize policy issues (e.g. economic redistribution, climate change, criminal justice system, etc.) at the expense of the sociocultural issues (e.g. media and institutional representation, canceling public individuals, etc).Practise this motion
7. SemifinalsTHPAW where religious beliefs and teachings are not codified into scripture or doctrine.Practise this motion
8. Grand FinalTHBT humanity should choose voluntary human extinction as opposed to continued existence.Practise this motion
9. ESL SemifinalsTHBT progressive movements should heavily prioritize policy issues (e.g. economic redistribution, climate change, criminal justice system, etc.) at the expense of the sociocultural issues (e.g. media and institutional representation, canceling public individuals, etc).Practise this motion
10. ESL FinalsGiven the ability to accurately measure the moral track record of a person, THW criminalize having a consistently negative moral track record.Practise this motion
11. Pro-Am FinalsTHP a world where children are raised in well-run state facilities rather than in individual families.Practise this motion

1. Round 1THBT military non-interventionism and military isolationism are in the interest of the USA.Practise this motion
2. Round 2THBT that governments of multi-religious societies should prohibit politicians using religious expressions in political discussionPractise this motion
3. Round 3THBT local municipalities in developing countries should allocate significant portions of their budget via Participatory BudgetingPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacyPractise this motion
5. Round 5THBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international tradePractise this motion
6. SemifinalsTHBT the CCP should bailout EvergrandePractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHP a world with Vulcan Stoic Philosophy as the dominant narrativePractise this motion

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