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That feminists should encourage women not to wear make-up

That parents should be honest with their children about their financial problems and personal insecurities

That governments should prioritise expanding remote education to kids in rural areas instead of trying to get teachers to work in rural areas in person

That girls are better off at single-sex schools

That schools should provide lunch and not let kids bring it from home

That we would go to medical school instead of pursuing a career in politics

That artificial intelligence will do more harm than good

That the government should ban under 18s from using internet connected mobile devices

That we prefer policies aimed at improving policing (e.g. more body cameras, more training, increased punishments for wrongdoing, etc.) to policies that reduce the role and scope of policing (e.g. replacing police with social workers, health workers, community watch, etc.)

That we should have a quota of former criminals in the police force

That teenagers who the government believes are at risk of comitting crimes should be made to do a 6 month bootcamp (which could include fitness courses, community work, behaviour management training, work experience, etc.)

That we should replace all political advertising with standardised information packages on candidates and their policies

That we should create a national youth parliament elected by people aged 14-18 and require that policies affecting young people be approved by the youth parliament

That democracies should only give foreign aid to other democracies

That we should ban the use of gene editing technology aimed at altering personality traits (e.g. intelligence, mood stability, empathy, risk aversion)

That we should ban the sale and consumption of meat

That we should allow patients to undergo medical treatments that have been proven to be safe, but that haven't yet been proven to be effective

That we should implement a job gaurantee

That schools should prioritise teaching indigeneous languages as a second language over popular global languages

That we prefer policies that help people from economically declining rural areas to move elsewhere, over policies that seek to revitalise the area

That parents should teach their daughters to navigate sexism by being socially acceptable and well-mannered, rather than by encouraging them to be confrontational and blunt

That we should ban white authors from writing books from the perspective of racial minorities

That the media should focus on the "success stories" of immigrants, rather than on their struggle

That we should make it a crime to produce, sell, or drink alcohol

That we should allow prisoners to volunteer for socially useful but undesirable activities in exchange for a lighter sentence (e.g. experimental drug trials, military service, hard labour)

That, as a parent, we would encourage our child to pursue many different activities (e.g. academia, sports, extra-curriculas, etc.) rather than pursue excellence in only a few

That, as the mayor of a major European tourist city, we would adopt measures aimed at significantly reducing the number of tourists (e.g. tourist cap, increasing tourist tax, etc.)

That, as the US army, we would relax entry requirements

That we prefer a world with ghosts

That we prefer a world without the institution of marriage

That we prefer a world with the existence of oracles

That schools should prioritise in-class examinations over take-home assignments (e.g. research tasks, presentations, etc.)

That we should ban parental monitoring apps

That schools should be allowed to expel students who are violent or consistent bullies, even if there is not a school immediately willing to take them

That we support increasing military cooperation within ASEAN (e.g. joint military exercises, intelligent sharing, equipment sharing, etc.)

That we support removing all regulations on construction, other than those required for health and safety (e.g. density laws, aesthetic restrictions, parking requirements, minimum lot size requirements)

That we support direct democracy

That we oppose career politicians

That, in religiously diverse societies, we prefer governments adopt an approach of separationist secularism instead of accommodationist secularism

That international sporting events (e.g. FIFA World Cup, the Olympics) should have a permanent host nation

That sanctions do more harm than good

This we would force all employers to allow their employees to work from home whenever physically possible

That we would implement a personal emissions trading scheme

That we would impose a significant wealth tax

That we support the significant expansion of nuclear energy generation

That police officers on regular duty should not carry lethal weapons

That, as a new father, we would opt to be a stay at home parent rather then return to the workforce

That we support the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade

That governments should prioritise high employment rates at the expense of significantly slowing down technological advancement (e.g. taxing automation, setting a minimum quota for human employees, or banning/limiting use of certain technologies)

That governments should place additional taxes on foods proven to have significant health harms (e.g. processed sugar, cured meats)

That we, as Formula One Management, would form a commercial agreement with Andretti Cadillac Racing and approve them as the 11th team in the F1 Championship

That, as a high-achieving student, we would choose to pursue a high-paying career path that is associated with poorer ethics (e.g. corporate law, investment banking, political lobbying) over a stable career with moderate pay (e.g. teaching, nursing) that allows for greater social impact

That publicly-funded universities should deprioritise degrees with low utilisation rates (e.g. reallocating funding, lowering admissions into the degrees)

That we would ban corporations funding academic research

That all single-gender schools should rapidly transition to co-educational schools

That we prefer a world where excess wealth was considered shameful rather than admirable

That we prefer a world where any individual anonymity on the internet is impossible

That we prefer a world where no one could hide their current true emotional state from others

That we believe that private space exploration companies (e.g. SpaceX) will do more harm than good

That we would prefer developing the technology to terraform other planets in our solar system over searching for habitable exoplanets

That, assuming feasibility, we would make first contact

That patient satisfaction (e.g. patient satisfaction surveys/patient reviews) should be the main factor which determines a doctor's salary

That we should hold pharmaceutical companies liable for harms caused by the widespread misuse of their drugs e.g. overprescription, consumer misuse

That pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals have a moral obligation to assist countires with the death penalty in carrying out it humanely

That we would ban out of court settlements in harassment and discrimination cases

That governments should lift patent protections on technologies that help (or will help, in the future) humans fight climate change

That we should allow prisoners to volunteer for socially utile but undesirable activities in exchange for a lighter sentence (e.g. experimental drug trials, military service, hard labour)

That we prefer a world without religion

That we would tax corporations based on negative externalities resulting from their businesses (e.g. carbon emissions, public health risks, disrupting established industries), rather than taxing their profits

That governments should cease funding space programmes (e.g. NASA)

That we would ban all forms of gambling

That we support the government privatising public prosecution in complex criminal cases

That we would legalise vigilantism in areas with high rates of violent and street crime

That we would never give prison sentences to people found guilty of non-violent crimes

That we should remove intellectual property protections on life-saving medicine

That we should ban the sale and consumption of alcohol on major public holidays

That we should ban children under the age of 15 from accessing social media

That we prefer a world where smartphones were never invented

That developing countries should prioritise mitigating the progress of climate change rather than adapting to its effects

That we should ban imports from countries with a poor record on environmental protection

That we should implement a quota for women in leading roles in films

That schools should substantially reduce reliance on paper

That we support expanding the European Union

That we should never negotiate with terrorists

That we prefer a world where companies could perfectly determine how much effort each worker is investing in their job

That we should prohibit countries with a poor record on human rights from hosting international sporting competitions

That we support non-violent property damage in order to stop climate change (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.)

That we should ban children from making money off social media and competitive gaming

That healthcare workers should not have the right to strike during a pandemic

That we should ban private tutoring and coaching colleges

That we should tax companies that replace human labour with robots/automation

That we should tax individuals who are conventionally beautiful at a higher rate

That we should ban students from bringing unhealthy food to school

That the government should fund graphic advertising campaigns to discourage people from eating meat (e.g. placing images of dead animals or slaughterhouses on meat packaging)

That we should make all schools co-educational

That we would prefer a world in which there are no extreme emotions (such as boiling rage, falling madly in love, extreme grief etc.)

That the government should pay all children the same small weekly allowance

That parents should receive an extra vote per child in elections

TWS ban the public denial of climate change

That we should allow parents to use CRISPR to genetically alter their children in utero

That we should pay teachers according to their students’ academic performance

That the government should help pay for citizens who live in highly populated cities to move to rural areas

That we would prefer a world where no one can lie

That we would prefer a world where everyone knows the date of their death

That the government should pay cash bonuses to parents whose children significantly improve their grades at school

That we should make all schools offer an online alternative to attending school in person, even when it is possible for students to attend school in person

That we should encourage students to follow their dream job (e.g. YouTuber, actress, athlete), instead of a job with a stable income (e.g. lawyer, doctor, teacher)

That we should punish police officers who commit crimes more severely than normal citizens

That we should punish students that witness bullying but do not report it

That we should punish parents whose children bully others at school

That it should be doctors who make the final decision on significant medical issues for children, instead of parents

That we should ban cosmetic plastic surgery

That we should make smokers pay for their own healthcare

That it should be compulsory for people to use their real name online

That parents should secretly monitor the social media accounts and personal diaries of their children

That social media should be banned for children under the age of 16

That all individual salary information should be publicly available

That we should have quotas for people who are under 30 years old in government

That we should ban tourism to environmentally fragile sites (e.g. Antarctica, The Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest)

That we would prefer a world where individuals could selectively erase their memories

That we should legalise performance enhancing drugs in professional sports

That we should ban all contact sports (e.g. boxing, rugby)