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The electoral college is just a violation of democratic principles and should be abolished. | perspectrum-corpus-800 |
The reasons for which the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College are no longer relevant. | perspectrum-corpus-801 |
The Electoral College gives too much power to "swing states" and allows the presidential election to be decided by a handful of states. | perspectrum-corpus-802 |
The Electoral College ignores the will of the people. | perspectrum-corpus-803 |
The Electoral College guarantees certainty to the outcome of the presidential election. | perspectrum-corpus-804 |
Scotland needs English economic muscle as through the Barnett formula England, especially the Southeast effectively subsidizes the rest of the UK in general and Scotland in particular | perspectrum-corpus-805 |
An independent Scotland has enormous economic potential to join other small European nations, especially as a leader in technology and renewable energy | perspectrum-corpus-806 |
Scotland has potential to be a leader in technology and renewable energy. | perspectrum-corpus-807 |
Small European nations would benefit from Scotland's economic potential. | perspectrum-corpus-808 |
Scotland has a proud history and has demonstrated since devolution different political interests | perspectrum-corpus-809 |
The union has worked for over three hundred years and most people feel comfortable with the joint Scots/British identity | perspectrum-corpus-810 |
Devolution has demonstrated the ability of Scots to govern themselves not only as well as Westminster but with more civility | perspectrum-corpus-811 |
Scots can govern themselves better than Westminster. | perspectrum-corpus-812 |
Devolution shows that Scots are more than capable to govern themselves. | perspectrum-corpus-813 |
Bribery is sometimes the cost of doing business | perspectrum-corpus-814 |
Bribery is occasionally a necessary price of engaging in business. | perspectrum-corpus-815 |
Sometimes bribery is a required cost of business | perspectrum-corpus-816 |
Bribery is morally wrong | perspectrum-corpus-817 |
Bribery can never be justified, as it is immoral. | perspectrum-corpus-818 |
There is no justification that can make bribery anything other than immoral. | perspectrum-corpus-819 |
The demand for bribes would end if companies stopped supplying them | perspectrum-corpus-820 |
Bribery is sometimes necessary for survival | perspectrum-corpus-821 |
In some circumstances, bribery is absolutely necessary. | perspectrum-corpus-822 |
Sometimes situations necessitate bribery. | perspectrum-corpus-823 |
Individuals may have no choice | perspectrum-corpus-824 |
Variation in standards leads to a ‘race to the bottom’ of corruptibility | perspectrum-corpus-825 |
Bribery is only wrong under a Western-centric notion of corruption | perspectrum-corpus-826 |
Bribery is not considered wrong in all cultures. | perspectrum-corpus-827 |
Libertarians would return society to a state of nature where ‘life is cruel, bloody and short’. | perspectrum-corpus-828 |
Libertarians want a world where everyone fends for themselves. | perspectrum-corpus-829 |
A libertarian world would be a crueler and darker world than the one we currently live in. | perspectrum-corpus-830 |
Libertarianism only works – even in theory – if you start off with a level pl | perspectrum-corpus-831 |
Libertarianism is really a coalition of the unwilling; the fringes of the left and right, happy to criticize but without a single policy on which they can agree | perspectrum-corpus-832 |
Libertarians have no policy ideas, but still want to be able to criticize others. | perspectrum-corpus-833 |
Libertarianism is a movement led by people who have no ideas on how to fix things, but criticize those that do. | perspectrum-corpus-834 |
[Iran specific] Iran has threatened to destroy Israel | perspectrum-corpus-835 |
Iran has Israel targeted. | perspectrum-corpus-836 |
No country has an inherent right to invade or use aggression against another. | perspectrum-corpus-837 |
The United States has an obligation to protect international stability due to its unique military strength. | perspectrum-corpus-838 |
The US must protect the international community. | perspectrum-corpus-839 |
The US military is needed to ensure peace. | perspectrum-corpus-840 |
[Iran specific] Others, particularly Israel, would act if the United States did not | perspectrum-corpus-841 |
If the US does not act on Iran, Israel will | perspectrum-corpus-842 |
Humanitarian intervention becomes impossible in states that possess nuclear weapons | perspectrum-corpus-843 |
Humanitarian missions would not be possible in states that have nuclear weapons. | perspectrum-corpus-844 |
It is very difficult to intercede in humanitarian crises in states wherein nuclear weapons are present. | perspectrum-corpus-845 |
The threat of a state developing nuclear weapons could instigate pre-emptive strikes from its neighbours and rivals to prevent the acquisition of such weapons | perspectrum-corpus-846 |
Other countries could strike against those developing nuclear weapons to protect themselves. | perspectrum-corpus-847 |
To keep other countries from obtaining a nuclear arsenal, other nations may pre-emptively strike. | perspectrum-corpus-848 |
The intention of a state to develop nuclear weapons may incite military attacks by enemies and by other supporting countries. | perspectrum-corpus-849 |
Public acknowledgement of the right to nuclear deterrence will benefit the public regulation of nuclear weapons generally | perspectrum-corpus-850 |
Nuclear weapons give states valuable agenda-setting power on the international stage | perspectrum-corpus-851 |
Countries with nuclear weapons have the ability to set their own agenda. | perspectrum-corpus-852 |
States with nuclear weapons are afforded more authority to set agendas at international levels. | perspectrum-corpus-853 |
All countries have a right to defend themselves with nuclear weapons, even when they lack the capacity in conventional weapons | perspectrum-corpus-854 |
All states have a right to nuclear self-defense. | perspectrum-corpus-855 |
To use nuclear weapons in defense of the nation is lawful for all countries. | perspectrum-corpus-856 |
countries have to right to self defense with nuclear weapons, even when they lack capacity in conventional weapon | perspectrum-corpus-857 |
all countries are entitled to self defense with nuclear weapons, even when they do not have the capacity to carry conventional weapons | perspectrum-corpus-858 |
Possessing nuclear weapons will be counter to the peaceful interests of states | perspectrum-corpus-859 |
Nuclear waste disposal is rarely safe/efficient; it is too much to expect a sqeaky clean disposal/disarmament of nuclear weapons | perspectrum-corpus-860 |
Disarmament is impossible, rendering efforts to disarm pointless and simply wasteful | perspectrum-corpus-861 |
Disarmament would actually cause increased insecurity among nations, as there can never be any guarantee that a nation has disarmed | perspectrum-corpus-862 |
Disarmament would actually cause increased insecurity among nations, it is near impossible to guarantee that a nation has disarmed. | perspectrum-corpus-863 |
Disarmament would actually cause increased insecurity among nations, you can never really know for sure whether they have disarmed. | perspectrum-corpus-864 |
The abolition of nuclear weapons would actually incentivize the development and use of even more dangerous weapons, such as chemical and biological weapons | perspectrum-corpus-865 |
Proliferation of nuclear weapons increases the chances of nuclear accidents | perspectrum-corpus-866 |
Nuclear weapons can fall into the wrong hands. | perspectrum-corpus-867 |
The nukes can end up being used against us. | perspectrum-corpus-868 |
States will give terrorists nuclear weapons | perspectrum-corpus-869 |
It's conceivable that the wrong people will have the weapons. | perspectrum-corpus-870 |
Irrational leaders make the possession of nuclear weapons dangerous | perspectrum-corpus-871 |
It is immoral to use the threat of nuclear annihilation in order to achieve foreign policy aims | perspectrum-corpus-872 |
As a matter of principle, every country, including the United States, has the right to defend itself to the best of its technological and economic ability | perspectrum-corpus-873 |
Every country, including the United States, has a sovereign right to defend itself with every available means necessary | perspectrum-corpus-874 |
Every sovereign nation has the right to defend itself by all means necessary | perspectrum-corpus-875 |
Open primaries will lead to an intensification of lobbying activities | perspectrum-corpus-876 |
A result of open primaries will be increased activity in the lobbying. | perspectrum-corpus-877 |
Lobbyists will increase their activity if open primaries exist. | perspectrum-corpus-878 |
Open primaries will just make lobbying more prominent | perspectrum-corpus-879 |
Allowing open primaries will only encourage more lobbying | perspectrum-corpus-880 |
Increasing voter engagement | perspectrum-corpus-881 |
Voter engagement will be better. | perspectrum-corpus-882 |
More people participate. | perspectrum-corpus-883 |
Open primaries allow the electorate to express nuanced polling choices | perspectrum-corpus-884 |
Open primaries make it so that voters aren't locked into single party stance voting. | perspectrum-corpus-885 |
Open primaries will lead to an increase in disputes internal to political parties | perspectrum-corpus-886 |
Political parties will have more disputes with open primaries. | perspectrum-corpus-887 |
The primaries being open cause more internal friction. | perspectrum-corpus-888 |
With open primaries, there will be more conflict withing the parties | perspectrum-corpus-889 |
There will be more party infighting with open primaries | perspectrum-corpus-890 |
Open primaries will distract and confuse the majority of the electorate | perspectrum-corpus-891 |
Most people are confused by open primaries. | perspectrum-corpus-892 |
Open primaries are unnecessarily complex for most people. | perspectrum-corpus-893 |
Open primaries are open to manipulation | perspectrum-corpus-894 |
Open primaries can be manipulated. | perspectrum-corpus-895 |
It's possible to manipulate open primaries. | perspectrum-corpus-896 |
Open primaries promote engagement with political minorities | perspectrum-corpus-897 |
Political minorities are more engaged with open primaries. | perspectrum-corpus-898 |
If you want political minorities to be more engaged, open primaries can help with that. | perspectrum-corpus-899 |
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