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Collectivist laws prevent the massive wealth and political gaps that we see in our modern societies, which not only threaten our social stability, but also our long term economic well-being. | We should oppose collectivism | collectivism is the tyranny of the majority, at least the most vocal majority. it goes against everything a free society stands for. it's the enemy of liberty. all voices need to be heard, not just the loudest. |
Collectivist practices maximize the general well-being of the populace by ensuring that all individuals are at least cared for to the extent that they can live a healthy and productive life. | We should oppose collectivism | Collectivist cultures take better care of society than individualistic cultures do. |
collectivist society is usually more stable due to the fact that everyone is looking out for the group. | We should oppose collectivism | Collectivist cultures take better care of society than individualistic cultures do. |
collectivity, a group of people can get far more done than individually. | We should oppose collectivism | collectivism encourages laziness and lack of ambition by rewarding everyone equally |
Collectivizing resources often leads to an inefficient allocation of those resources, as central authority is often incapable of understanding which regions and people are most in need of those resources, or could use them most efficiently. | We should oppose collectivism | collectivism encourages laziness and lack of ambition by rewarding everyone equally |
collectvism is unfair to the world and is irrational | We should oppose collectivism | collectivism is the tyranny of the majority, at least the most vocal majority. it goes against everything a free society stands for. it's the enemy of liberty. all voices need to be heard, not just the loudest. |
college is getting more and more expensive each year so students should be getting as much help as they need | We should subsidize student loans | we should subsidize student loans because it gives students with low income to get the education they deserve |
college is not affordable anymore. an education can cost more than a home. paying money to some student loan bills allow graduates to prosper, buying homes and cars and supporting the economy. | We should subsidize student loans | student loans is a help for those who do not have resources |
college is preferable to vocational education. | We should subsidize vocational education | While many who graduate from universities struggle to find high paying jobs in their field, graduates of vocational schools have high employments and high standards of living. |
college isn't for everyone so going to a place that teaches you the skills for your chosen profession | We should subsidize vocational education | While many who graduate from universities struggle to find high paying jobs in their field, graduates of vocational schools have high employments and high standards of living. |
colleges are meant to teach people things, and students leaving for a safe space whenever they disagree with the topic doesn't help them to learn anything. | We should abolish safe spaces | safe spaces are vital to many, especially on campuses where the students that feel excluded or discriminated against have a safe haven to enable them to feel comfortable in continuing their education |
Colleges are no more relevant these days. Going to college doesn't assured you good and sure job. Subsidizing students loans only add to government budget deficit while this money can serve other good purposes | We should subsidize student loans | subsidizing student loans will enable many more people the opportunity to attend college |
combat is never an individual against another individual and women are capable of using the same weapons as men as long as they are trained properly | We should prohibit women in combat | women are just as capable as men to perform the tasks needed in combat and they should not be banned from it. |
combat is too brutal and harsh and women should be prohibited from it | We should prohibit women in combat | women should be prohibited from combat roles because they lack the physical size and strength to perform many of the tasks required of them |
committment and stability are important in the lives of children and marriage provides these qualities | We should abandon marriage | marriage is a solid foundation with which to build a family and it should be held as sacred always. |
commodifying women's bodies, especially the poor women who tend to be surrogates, is dehumanizing. | Surrogacy should be banned | surrogacy can lead to the exploitation of poor women for the benefit of the rich. |
companies and goverments cannot afford the luxury of allowing dads to stay at home. | We should subsidize stay-at-home dads | We should not subsidize stay-at-home dads as people should work out as a family how to manage maternity and paternity leave as part of their cost of bringing up a child. |
companies and individuals spend a long time often even years developing services and products , they will have spent a lot of their own money too and need the chance to recoup this. | We should abolish intellectual property rights | Intellectual property rights are important to protect the assets of those who have invested time and money into a particular idea. |
Companies are not only run by executives. Everybody in the companies should benefit from the productivity of their company. Limiting the compensation for executives and redistributes would be of a great effect | We should limit executive compensation | We should limit executive compensation as the gap between top and bottom salaries in organisations is too big and the lower paid jobs need to earn a living wage. |
companies are paying their top executives thousands of times more than their workers, claiming they can't afford to pay more than minimum wage to the people who do the bulk of the work for the company. | We should limit executive compensation | We should limit executive compensation as the gap between top and bottom salaries in organisations is too big and the lower paid jobs need to earn a living wage. |
companies are spending to much money to register their patents and that money could be spent to develop better products | We should abolish intellectual property rights | intellectual property rights should be abolished as it limits competitions and innovation. |
companies have a right to advertise and try to generate business. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
companies have the right to give their executives extra incentives for their work | We should limit executive compensation | executives have been appointed or promoted to that position through hard work and deserve to be compensated for such |
Companies in foreign countries such as Iraq face huge dangers doing business and need the protection from private military contractors. Government employees get bodyguards why not other people? | We should ban private military companies | Private military companies lack oversight and accountability. It is too dangerous to have a military bound to serve who pays it versus the ethical framework of serving the public good. |
companies invest billions into research, if there are no rights it would dissuade companies from conducting research in the first place. | We should abolish intellectual property rights | Intellectual property rights are important to protect the assets of those who have invested time and money into a particular idea. |
companies invest millions in research and development if other entities are able to use such ideas without prior investment then it's deeply unfair to the companies who developed the ideas. | We should abolish intellectual property rights | Intellectual property rights are important to protect the assets of those who have invested time and money into a particular idea. |
companies need to be able to end an employment at a practical age | We should end mandatory retirement | in today's society people are living to a greater age and we should not penalise those people who want to continue working by forcing them to retire. |
companies need to be able to offer whatever salaries they need to to ensure they get the necessary talent. | We should limit executive compensation | to attract the best talent at the top, a high level of executive compensation is essential. |
companies should be able to do whatever they need to in order to attract the best talent. | We should limit executive compensation | to attract the best talent at the top, a high level of executive compensation is essential. |
companies should be able to pay as much as they like as long as it's above minimum wahe | We should limit executive compensation | We should limit executive compensation as the gap between top and bottom salaries in organisations is too big and the lower paid jobs need to earn a living wage. |
companies should be allowed to call random people by telephone if it helps their business | We should ban telemarketing | we cannot force a company to not market itself over the telephone, this is hugely restrictive in what should be a free society |
companies should be allowed to pay their staff as much as they wish to | We should limit executive compensation | executives have been appointed or promoted to that position through hard work and deserve to be compensated for such |
Companies should be banned from cold calling and should be forced to comply with requests from their customers to opt out of solicitation calls | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
companies should be free to compensate executives in any way they like | We should limit executive compensation | executives have been appointed or promoted to that position through hard work and deserve to be compensated for such |
companies should be free to run how they see if without anyone coming into oversee how they operate. | We should limit executive compensation | companies should be allowed to pay their staff as much as they wish to |
companies should have the freedom to offer merchandize any way they please. | We should ban algorithmic trading | algorithmic trading should be banned because it makes investors really reliant on technology and the systems that it deploys |
companies which have properly researched and developed new products need to be protected so that research cost can be recouped. without this why research when you can just copy. | We should abolish intellectual property rights | Intellectual property rights are important to protect the assets of those who have invested time and money into a particular idea. |
companies will shut down without this kind of aggressive approach and that would mean a loss of jobs | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
companies with a mandatory retirement policy might avoid becoming stale and outdated by constantly infusing their workforces with fresh talent | We should end mandatory retirement | By freeing up space across professional hierarchies mandatory retirement provides more opportunities for career growth and upward mobility for younger people. |
companies would not be able to compete fairly to attract the best candidates if executive compensation was limited | We should limit executive compensation | We should limit executive compensation as the gap between top and bottom salaries in organisations is too big and the lower paid jobs need to earn a living wage. |
COMPANYS GROW BECAUSE OF THE MANAGEMENT BONUS SCHEMES | We should limit executive compensation | to attract the best talent at the top, a high level of executive compensation is essential. |
compared to monogamous women, women in polygynous marriages are much more likely to experience abuse, depression and poverty | We should legalize polygamy | Polygamous unions can cause cause jealousy and emotional distress among the multiple spouses. |
compensation to executives is necessary because it is a support to a mass of people without whom the economy was not in the privileged position in which it has been | We should limit executive compensation | executives have been appointed or promoted to that position through hard work and deserve to be compensated for such |
competition between countries prevents working towards peace | We should abolish the Olympic Games | the olympics help foster friendship between nations. |
competition might be more fair this way. | We should abolish intellectual property rights | we should abolish this because it could give someone a monopoly in the certain inductural sector and give them the unfair chance. |
compulsive voting is a patriotic act that must be fully complied with. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory help get people involved in the election process. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory retirement is necessary and fair because it gives workers the opportunity to enjoy their old age without completing a workday. non-execution of mandatory retirement should not end | We should end mandatory retirement | in today's society people are living to a greater age and we should not penalise those people who want to continue working by forcing them to retire. |
compulsory voting would get everyone a voice in the election | We should introduce compulsory voting | by requiring all citizens to vote, we would be able to elect politicians who more accurately represent the public's will. |
compulsory voting allows all citizens the chance to make a difference | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting can help encourage better results during elections | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting could also be used sort of like a census to count people. | We should introduce compulsory voting | Compulsory voting should be introduced to ensure that the results of elections are completely representative of the population. |
compulsory voting could be used as a way to check population and make sure everyone has current ids. | We should introduce compulsory voting | Compulsory voting should be introduced to ensure that the results of elections are completely representative of the population. |
compulsory voting could improve peoples knowledge of politics if they knew they had to vote they might learn more about politics | We should introduce compulsory voting | by requiring all citizens to vote, we would be able to elect politicians who more accurately represent the public's will. |
compulsory voting could improve the election process by ensuring the candidate or party with the broadest cross-generational support wins. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting makes sure that each and every person has a vote in who is running their government and how. |
compulsory voting could lead to an uninformed public electing unqualified people to office | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that our leaders reflect the will of all people, not just those who were able/motivated enough to make it to the polls. |
compulsory voting does not promote democratic engagement instead in turns voting in to a tick box excercise | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting doesn’t ensure that the citizens will be more informed about their votes | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting educates the population. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting ensures everyone's vote will be counted | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting ensures that all eligible voters have a say in the election instead of having just portion of the population decide | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting ensures that our leaders reflect the will of all people, not just those who were able/motivated enough to make it to the polls. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting forces low information voters into the system that may only vote for candidates that promise free services. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is an infringement on personal choice |
compulsory voting forces people to engage with democracy | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting forces the citizen to pay attention the policies that affect them and decide accordingly instead of allowing only certain groups to control policy. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting gives everyone a say in their elections | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting gives everyone in society their say in politics | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting goes against people's liberties and freedoms. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting goes against the freedoms of the country that let every person decide what they do or do not want to be involved in. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting goes against what democracy stands for | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting greatly increases voter turnout | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting improves voting turnaround. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting increases voter turnout tremendously | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting infringes on our freedom. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting infringes on people's rights to not vote as a protest against plethora of things, such as the voting system as it is, corruption in government, etc. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting infringes on peoples rights. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is a foolish idea. if people are not already voting, it's obvious they hold no care for politics and their more than likely uneducated votes should not be included. | We should introduce compulsory voting | Compulsory voting should be introduced to ensure that the results of elections are completely representative of the population. |
compulsory voting is a must to ensure that all people's voices are heard. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting is a violation of civil rights | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is a violation of one's free will and government should not infringe on a persons free will choice. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is against freedom, everyone has the right to choose whether or not they want to vote in a free & open society | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is against our right to freedom. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is an infringement on personal autonomy | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is an infringement on personal choice | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is contrary to our civil rights | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is in complete violation of the democratic process, which is freedom of action and expression - forcing anything on a person is wrong. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is inconvenient, especially to those with mobility issues or just cannot take time off work to vote. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is necessary to truly reflect the will of the people, if people don't participate they could mail in a form stating that they weren't voting because of disinterest rather than innaccessability | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is not an answer, because those people who do not care or know exactly what they are voting for may just vote for random things even though they may ultimately oppose what they are voting for. | We should introduce compulsory voting | Compulsory voting should be introduced to ensure that the results of elections are completely representative of the population. |
compulsory voting is not only ridiculous it would also be impossible to enforce. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting will force citizens to vote even if they do not understand the system and therefore give a false election result. |
compulsory voting is the only way to make people getting involved in the choices necessary for the real management of a country, | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting is unconstitutional, and forcing people to do something they do not want to do never turns out as planned. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
compulsory voting makes elections have a more reliable outcome | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting makes for more informed voters | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting makes sure that each and every person has a vote in who is running their government and how. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting makes sure that each and every person has a vote in who is running their government and how. |
compulsory voting makes the population more involved in the election process, and would give results that more accurately reflected the will of the electors. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting ensures that the winner is truly representative of the entire population. |
compulsory voting may lead to voting being a national holiday, therefore eliminating the pervasive problem of people not being able to get off of work to vote. | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting makes sure that each and every person has a vote in who is running their government and how. |
compulsory voting means people can complain if votes dont go their way | We should introduce compulsory voting | compulsory voting is not a democratic choice, for people should always be allowed to express their dissent by abstaining from voting . |
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