Info slide: For the purposes of debate, failed states are states that may have a government that cannot effectively monitor and crackdown on violence, the political institutions within the government are irrevocably weak, the state is on the brink of economic collapse, breaches of sovereignty are already occuring from external malicious actions, etc.

On December 4, 2024, Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was assassinated in Manhattan while attending an investors' meeting. The shooter, identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was later apprehended. A young McDonald's employee at a location in Altoona, Pennsylvania spotted Luigi Mangione eating at the restaurant and called 911, which lead to the apprehension of Luigi who had so far avoided detection despite the diligent search to find him by the authorities.

Assume,

1) The employee has no knowledge of any monetary incentives involved

2) the employee has social media(duh)

Kurds or Kurdish people are an ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in West Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. Kurdish Syria or Syrian Kurdistan or Rojava is a region in northern Syria next to Turkey where Kurds form the majority. Due to Turkey having Kurdish territories inside it's borders, Turkey has always been skeptical of the region. With Assad gone, there is a risk of Kurdish Syria pushing for independent or complete autonomous rule.

Cognify, developed by Hashem Al-Ghaili, is a futuristic approach to criminal rehabilitation which combines A.I. with neuroscience. The technology involves implanting artificial memories directly into a prisoners' brain making them experience their crimes from the victim's perspective. The rehabilitation session lasts for several minutes but feels like years to the criminal, due to the altered perception of time within their mind. This intense experience rehabilitates individuals by inducing emotional states like remorse or regret that individuals may not produce on their own.

Faisal is a pious man who has no proof of God's existence or goodness, but believes all the same. Every aspect of Faisal's life has so far been dictated by religion. As a test, God allows all of Faisal's children to die, all of his wealth to be lost, and his physical health to diminish. God does not offer a justification for the test, and Faisal is given no indication of what will happen if he continues to believe in or renounce God.