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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2021 January/February LD topic, Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons, as it has played out so far at the CPS and Blake tournaments. They discuss misconceptions about fiat, if “bans” for single country affs make sense, some of the common plans including the nuclear and landmines affs, thoughts about the regulation counte rplan, and more. They conclude with predictions about the following months for the topic as well as an assessment of the truth of the topic.
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