Topic Battle

Scale determines this category decisively. Lions contribute meaningfully to tourism economies, but beer underpins global commerce. The Munich Economic Institute estimates removing beer from the world economy would trigger a recession exceeding the 2008 financial crisis.

Geography favours the fermented. Where lions require specific ecosystems, beer adapts to any culture willing to leave grain in water slightly too long. Beer's territorial expansion represents one of humanity's few unqualified successes.

Pure intimidation favours the predator. Whilst beer creates situations one might find intimidating in retrospect, lions generate immediate, visceral fear requiring no morning-after reflection. The evolutionary response to large cats remains unmatched by any beverage.

Whilst lions symbolise abstract virtues, beer has actively participated in human progress. The Pyramids of Giza were built by workers paid in beer. The Magna Carta was signed in a building that served ale. Beer shaped history; lions merely decorated it.

Species longevity favours the lion, but cultural persistence favours beer. Lions face extinction threats; beer faces only temporary prohibition attempts, which historically increase its popularity. Beer has proven more evolutionarily fit for the human-dominated world we have created.