A patron is a state or non-state actor that provides strategic support through funding, weapons, and training to a belligerent group.

Public redistribution means that when an individual dies, all their assets and wealth are transferred to the state which then allocates them into public goods (healthcare, education, infrastructure etc.) or via equal per-capita redistribution to all citizens. No private inheritance of wealth, property, or assets is permitted, though individuals may consume or spend their wealth freely while alive.

Fluidum is a fictional world where everyone is born with two bodies, one male and one female, which grow simultaneously and can only be inhabited by its owner. A person may switch freely between them but can only inhabit one body at any given time. On their 20th birthday, the currently uninhabited body will permanently disintegrate.

For the purpose of this debate, Fluidum’s effects only apply to those born within the realm of Fluidum and society always treats both bodies as fundamentally the same individual.

You are a junior doctor at one of the world’s most renowned hospitals. A dictator who has been overseeing an extreme campaign of genocide against a minority group in Central Africa arrives with a terminal heart condition. He is in your care. You have two options:

A: Intentionally give a lethal treatment that will kill him, and do so in a way that conceals your involvement.

B: Provide the correct medical treatment and allow him to survive.

Juche is an ideology that prioritses the idea of self-reliance in the facets of military, economy as well as being productively self suffient. It emphasises the importance of the separation of state away from any outside influence, preserving national identity and a shared culture. It often does this by suppressing "Western impositions" such as religion, democracy and the class system.

A “carbon sink” refers to a natural area that absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere than it emits. This capacity to store carbon helps regulate the Earth’s climate and reduce the effects of global warming. An example is the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.

The Disney method is a storytelling style that is sanitised, optimistic and visually appealing, often involving musical elements and comic relief. It emphasises hope, perseverance and friendship, and typically ends happily. The Grimm Brothers' method depicts stories as darker, moralistic and often violent tales with clear consequences. It emphasises realism, fear, and caution. These stories usually involve suffering as a path to learning and tend to lack sanitised happy endings