Decades of prohibition have seen rising drug use, rising drug related crime and thousands of people’s lives ruined for nothing more than taking the wrong drug. There are few policies so widely supported that have been so disastorously counter-productive and unjust. All the Yes points: Prohibition funds crime Caging people for possessing a drug is … Read more
Is having widespread advertising good for a society? All the Yes points: The levels of advertising are just too much these days. You cannot walk down the street, ride on a … Advertising leads to many people being overwhelmed by the endless need to decide between competing d… People cannot just choose to ignore advertising, … Read more
Does the traditional nation state have a future? All the Yes points: Seeing the world as a collection of separate nation states is still a meaningful way of understandin… Despite more international cooperation, people everywhere prize their distinct identities. The bigg… Globalisation has some benefits, but people do not wish to lose their own cultures. … Read more
Should rural areas maintain their traditional agricultural role? All the Yes points: Maintaining the traditional agricultural role of the countryside is essential. We should not only s… We should work to protect the countryside from unwelcome change. There are many ways in which we ca… There are many problems with rural development schemes. The fact … Read more
Which is the superior system – capitalism, or socialism? All the Yes points: The right to own property is central to man’s existence. Private ownership of property (including l… The drive to succeed as an individual is the strongest motivating factor a human being can feel in t… In capitalism, the market determines price, including … Read more
Is a two-party system preferable to a multi-party system? All the Yes points: Where two-party systems have emerged it is either the result, or reflection of the will of the elect… Governments in two party systems are more able to drive their policies through the legislature as th… Because two-party systems tend to be less … Read more
