Ah yes, and just something I want to add for both participants...
While it was a debate focused around regulation in the USA, you should have expanded out to the rest of the world. Its a problem with most debates Americans seem to have, that they ignore all the evidence sitting right in front of them just outside their doorstep. Libertarian thinkers often argue about having little or even no state at all, but most countries outside the US show that a reasonably big state actually works pretty well. They resort to theory before looking at evidence.
To be fair, Killshot did raise India and China as examples so he did do precisely this, but these were simple points and Muse really could have checked his facts since there was no provided source, and looked at the other effects the lack of regulation had in those countries.
For Kudos and Muse, You guys are doing fine overall especially for new debaters, dont lose heart from this, its good fun and good practice as well as that you may learn a few new things. Keep at it :)
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