Debate

Discriminating against high-performing Asian and White students to boost diversity numbers is textbook racism, just with new branding. It lowers standards, breeds resentment, and undermines merit. The data shows mismatch effects hurt the very groups it claims to help (higher dropout rates, etc.). True equality means treating everyone as individuals regardless of skin color. Race-based policies are the opposite of progress. Change my view.

They tell us it's for safety, but every leaked program shows it's used to monitor activists, dissidents, and anyone questioning power. When people start connecting dots on inequality, endless wars, or ecological collapse, surveillance lets authorities nip "dangerous" ideas in the bud. A truly free society wouldn't need to hoover up everyone's texts, searches, and movements. The panopticon isn't protection — it's preemptive thought control to maintain the status quo. End mass surveillance or admit we're not free.

The war on drugs was never really about health — it was about crushing counterculture, free thought, and spiritual exploration that threatens the 9-5 grind and endless consumption cycle. Psychedelics dissolve ego and societal programming; cannabis promotes relaxation over hustle; MDMA fosters empathy that could undermine competitive capitalism. Governments and corporations prefer a population numbed by alcohol and antidepressants instead of awakened minds questioning the system. Legalize them all and watch consciousness shift.

We’re told the world ends in 12 years every decade, yet predictions keep failing while CO2 emissions rise. The real solutions — nuclear, advanced geothermal, adaptation tech — get shouted down by activists who prefer virtue-signaling and banning straws. Fossil fuels lifted billions out of poverty. Panic-driven net-zero timelines hurt the poor most. Prioritize innovation over fear.

Open borders or lax enforcement flood systems with costs for housing, healthcare, and welfare that taxpayers bear. It depresses wages for low-skilled workers, strains infrastructure, and increases crime in certain categories. Countries have every right to control their borders. “No human is illegal” sounds nice but ignores that nations without borders cease to exist as coherent societies. Enforce laws or change them — don’t selectively ignore them.

Early waves fought for voting and legal rights. Today it often frames men as inherent oppressors, pushes “believe all women” over due process, and devalues motherhood and traditional families. Birth rates are crashing partly because career-over-family messaging dominates. True equality acknowledges biological and statistical differences between sexes instead of pretending they don’t exist or are socially constructed.

Helicopter parenting, safe spaces, no losing in sports, and shielding kids from every risk or discomfort have created a generation scared of failure, criticism, and independence. Real resilience comes from skinned knees, hard lessons, and unsupervised play. Overprotection is neglect of character development. We need to let kids struggle, fail, and take calculated risks again.

Apps turned sex into a commodity with endless options, leading to higher depression, anxiety, loneliness, and inability to form deep attachments. Studies show rising regret, especially among women, and declining marriage/fertility rates. The “sexual revolution” promised freedom but delivered emptiness. Traditional courtship norms with accountability produced better outcomes. We need to admit the experiment failed.

Constant screen time destroys focus, sleep, social skills, and real-world resilience. Kids with phones from elementary school grow up comparing themselves to filtered lives and getting addicted to likes. Parents who hand over devices without limits are choosing convenience over their child’s development. Strict rules until high school should be the norm, not the exception. Change my view if you can.

Making college completely free removes any skin in the game and will flood campuses with unmotivated students who waste resources and lower standards. Free tuition should be earned through strong high school performance and maintained with a minimum GPA. This rewards effort, ensures taxpayers get value, and actually helps serious students succeed. Handing out free degrees to anyone who shows up devalues education. Change my view.