In a system of communal parenting, children are the responsibility of the entire community and are not raised by their biological parents. Generally children live in a communal home with appointed caregivers. The community takes on the financial burden of raising them and decides upon disciplinary and education standards as a collective.

Nationalisation is the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership

For the purposes of the debate, "fate" refers to all events over the course of one's life, including: the career path you will go into, the exact person you will marry, and the circumstances of your death.

In February 2024, Meta announced they would move to limit political content on their platforms. Instagram now limits "posts likely to mention governments, elections, or social topics that affect a group of people and/or society at large" as the the default in it's settings.

(A) Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) refer to institutions like the World Bank that provide financial and technical assistance to countries for development projects and initiatives. These banks often involve multiple member countries pooling funds to support infrastructure, social, and economic development.

(B) Bail-outs are when governments give out money to essential actors (i.e. healthcare, food) which are important to society, that currently are in debt to prevent bankruptcy. Bail-Ins however are arrangements made with creditors to cancel some debt that is owned, in this scenario the creditor ends up taking the loss

(C) Resource-backed loans give debtor countries access to capital in exchange for collateralised future streams of income from their natural resource wealth.

For the purposes of this debate, the 'Chosen One Narrative' refers to media that focuses on a single character whose choices and actions are crucial for the success or failure of a revolution or movement (e.g., Paul Atreides in Dune as the Lisan Al-Ghaib, Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter etc). The Chosen One Narrative emphasizes the significant impact one person can have.