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Starter Should charitable giving buy naming rights to public institutions? A donation should help the institution without turning public space into a perma…

Naming rights should expire and include conditions for removal. A donation should not give a family permanent control over public memory.

Starter Should police departments pay misconduct settlements from their own operating budgets? Accountability is weak when another budget absorbs every exp…

Charge failures to accountable leadership without stripping basic services from the same communities harmed by misconduct. Insurance and independent oversight could supplement budget consequences.

Starter Is humility overrated when certainty is needed to act? Endless self-doubt can protect people from accountability as easily as arrogance can.

Act decisively while stating what evidence would change the decision. Humility is compatible with action when it includes a clear plan to learn and correct.

Starter Should companies be forced to keep old devices usable for longer?

Longer support reduces waste and protects people who cannot replace devices frequently.

Starter Should governments publish the names of companies receiving subsidies?

Recipients and amounts should be public when companies take public money.

Starter Should countries stop exporting weapons to governments accused of abuses?

Weapons sales should require credible safeguards against foreseeable civilian abuse.

Starter Should loyalty programs be allowed to charge different prices based on personal data?

Personalized pricing becomes troubling when it exploits inferred vulnerability or urgency.

Starter Should governments prohibit encryption they cannot break?

A mandated backdoor could expose ordinary users as well as criminal suspects.

Starter Should national-security whistleblowers receive automatic legal protection?

Protect good-faith exposure of wrongdoing through independent review and secure reporting channels.

Starter Should financial influencers be required to disclose their own investment losses?

Investment claims are misleading when creators show only winning trades.

Starter Should billionaires exist in a society that guarantees basic needs?

Meeting basic needs would remove one objection to extreme wealth, not every concern about power.

Starter Should everyone have a legal right to know whether they are talking to a bot?

People should know when apparent conversation is generated by a system.

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