The trade-off thesis, simply advocates that in poor countries, citizens trade-off civil liberties (i.e. freedom of expression, right to vote etc) for the mandatory provision of basic necessities such as food, healthcare and education. This is often done to achieve rapid economic growth for an increasing population.

The Blip is a major MCU fictional event caused by Thanos. The snap had devastating universal repercussions. On earth, the snap led to a 5 year period in which the world fell into societal collapse and many countries abandoned national borders. In 2023, the victims of the snap were resurrected by the Avengers after they went back in time to collect the Infinity Stones.

You are the founder of a large pharmaceutical company. You have created a special aphrodisiac called Liquid Lust. It turns people on in any context and guarantees orgasm when consumed before sexual activity. Anticipation of product launch has massively driven company stock price. Competitors Johnson & Johnson and Phizer are eager to develop something similar and are desperate to learn the formula. While you have harnessed company resources and the efforts of several departments to create Liquid Lust, you are the only one who knows all the ingredients.

For the purposes of this debate, assume that all gods exist in a competitive market. Gods must compete for human belief in order to gain strength. If belief falls below a certain level, the God will exist only as a memory, or even disappear eventually. For example, Greek gods are a memory but have no concrete form nor power. There are innumerable forgotten gods who society has simply moved past. Gods can be created or brought back into existence if human belief in them is sufficient. Gods themselves, while shaped in appearance and priorities by how humans imagine them, are all knowing and autonomous. Humans are unaware of the deity marketplace. Minor gods are either gods in non-major religions or minor gods in major religions.

Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry was a Soviet institution that had a goal of preserving rare seeds of edible plants in an attempt to protect the biodiversity. Many of the crops widely used around the world today are the result of cross-breeding with the crops maintained by the Vavilov Institute. During the siege of Leningrad in 1942, most of the researchers of the institute succumbed to hunger, refusing to eat the seeds and their produce that they were tasked to protect.