fantasyimaginationdebate.txt

## WHAT IS DEBATING ANYWAY?
Imagination, Fantasy and Debate

By Miguel Raz Guzmán Macedo

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## Debating is an exercise in imagination
- We're kind of closeted improv actors anyways
- THW let the UN rule over contested religious sites
- fiat power

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## Why you should take Fantasy motions Seriously™ 
- WSDC # They don't matter at the big tourney, they do in locals
- BP/WUDC # 
- ... political reality and the overton window
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## Examples of "simple" Fantasy motions
1. Harry Potter
THW, as the Ministry of Magic, would let the muggles know the truth
2. red pill blue pill
3. Zombie apocalypse scenarios
4. Fighting Supervillains
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## Still fantasy motions?
THW ban advertising
THW abolish borders (THS open borders)
THW establish UBI <<<<---- YUP. This is a thing
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## Overton Window

> A shift in what could be considered reasonable.
> AKA, the Overton window moved.

THS designer babies
THS the sale of human organs 
THS a 4 day work week
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## Imagination as a political basis
	- AOC
	- Overton window
	=> History of debate motions
Breaking bad
Zack Snyder and Watchmen
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## Those pesky Star Wars fans
- What are the rules of your universe?
- Which rules can you not bend?
Asimov
N. K. Jemisin
- The tale of the Reaper vs 
- The Handmaid's Tale
ursula k leguin
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. 
So did the divine right of kings. 
Any human power can be resisted and changed 
by human beings. Resistance and change often begin 
in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” 
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### What is "out there" today?
Abolish work
virus relief UBI and 
abolish prisons / slavery reparations
ban billionaires
open borders
3D organs
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## Fun Debate!
0. Roleplay / Dress up

1. What is the fun debate?
2. What are the rules?
- Still has to *feel like* debate protocol
- Jokes are fine, nothing that can do permanent damage

3. Who participates?

4. What kind of topics?
- Sacrificing a kid to the dragon
  -> Arantza as a Huntress/Dragon Slayer
  -> Raz was a priest/prophet
  -> Ilhui was a Shrek/orc hunter
  -> Isa was the princess/queen

THBT Boy bands are all the rage
-> Coaches dressed up in long socks and short shrots
-> We had musical intros
-> We started doing pushups at some point