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Tournament: Black and Gold Classic | Round: Finals | Opponent: Little Rock BF | Judge: Gilbert, Valdez, Kieklak If you have questions about disclosure or would like to reach me before the round please email me at zainadaaboul@gmail.com
10/9/21
Civil Disobedience-Resist Capitalism v1
Tournament: Little Rock Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Cabot PS | Judge: Jeshwin Mazhil Democracy and Capitalism are fatally intertwined; Capitalism continues to thrive at the expense of democratic ideas. Left unchecked, capitalism will continue to rupture democracies globally; corporate elites, lack of free and fair elections, and runaway climate change all point to democracies dying at the hands of Capitalism. Reich, 9 Robert B. Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. This article is adapted from his book, Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007). “How Capitalism Is Killing Democracy,” 12 October 2009, https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/12/how-capitalism-is-killing-democracy/ Cgilbert
It was supposed to be a match made in heaven. Capitalism and democracy… AND … the challenge for citizens is to stop these economic entities from being the authors of the rules by which we live.
It’s in the classroom, it drives the rapid acceleration of climate change, and is the gasoline that is poured on the culture war fire that envelops micro-political discussions. Democracy and capitalism are intertwined. So I stand resolved that civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified as a response to unrestrained Capitalism. Today’s value is human life OVER profits.
The aim to satisfy capitalism's urge for limitless growth - causes exploitation, and destroys value to life while trying to stave off the inevitable collapse. Clark, 12 (Richard, OpEd News, 8/28/12, republished by WPF 4/3/14, " How and Why Is Global Corporate Capitalism Obsolete?", http://wpfdc.org/blog/economics/19049-how-and-why-is-global-corporate-capitalism-obsolete)
What lies at the heart of this insanity? It is this: Commanding an implacable and … AND … natural environment remain stronger than the desire to accumulate wealth.¶
Discussions of class struggles must come first – any other issue can’t address root cause of violence. Dickens and Ormrod, 7 *Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex AND Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton (Peter and James, Cosmic Society: Towards a Sociology of the Universe pg 180-181, dml)
Marxist theories are generally found wanting in the era of the new social … AND … economic growth and scientific rationality (see also, for example, Beck 1992).
Capitalism’s exploitation of labor and resources will inevitably collapse modern civilization—radical redistribution of resources is necessary to avert extinction. Ahmed, 14 Nafeez Ahmed. Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development. March 14 2014. “NASA-funded study: industrial civilization headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? The Guardian.
A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial … AND … if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion."
Capitalism is around us every day. It permeates politics, over codes what we learn in the classroom and is simultaneously oppressing us at every turn. Thus we believe it’s best to be civilly disobedient in the fact of economic oppression.
Thus, we endorse civil disobedience through the affirmation of the Communist Hypothesis. Every ethical decision – up to the ballot itself – should be infused with all of the significance of humanity’s destiny. The question regarding the aff is “does it confirm or contradict the communist hypothesis.” If we win the uniqueness question, you should reject alternatives because they reduce life to a barbaric ratrace and stand opposed to universal emancipation. Badiou, 8 Alain, former Chair of Philosophy at École normale supérieure, 2008. The Meaning of Sarkozy, pp. 97-103
I would like to situate the Sarkozy episode, which is not an impressive page … AND …. moment at which we find ourselves in the history of this hypothesis.
Activism gets coopted by institutions—it gets used as a means of appeasing counter-hegemonic politics while entrenching hierarchies—institutional avenues are doomed to lead to broader change; that makes the aff a pre requisite to political change. Baldry et al 15 Eileen Baldry is Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. Dr. Bree Carlton is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social and Political Inquiry at Monash University. Chris Cunneen is Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of NSW. He also holds a conjoint position at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University. His most recent book (with Baldry et al.) is Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration (Ashgate, 2013). Baldry, Eileen, et al. “Abolitionism and the Paradox of Penal Reform in Australia: Indigenous Women, Colonial Patriarchy, and Co-Option.” Social Justice, vol. 41, no. 3 (137), Social Justice/Global Options, 2015, pp. 168–89. JSTOR.Anton
Co-option, Neutralization, and Absorption Social movement literature has long recognized the … AND … neither a complete absorption of the new, nor a radical replacement of the old.
9/29/21
Civil Disobedience-Resist Capitalism v2
Tournament: Bentonville Tigers Eye | Round: 2 | Opponent: Cabot LL | Judge: Shawn Quinlan Debate is a deliberative democracy that has become over coded with Capitalism. Entry fees for national tournaments continually rise, debate camps are pricing out students’ ability to attend, and hired judges/assistant coaches are continuously underpaid and overworked. We think an appropriate response is to NOT conform to expected norms of debate as a way of being civilly disobedient WITHIN the activity.
Democracy and Capitalism are fatally intertwined; Capitalism continues to thrive at the expense of democratic ideas. Left unchecked, capitalism will continue to rupture democracies globally; corporate elites, lack of free and fair elections, and runaway climate change all point to democracies dying at the hands of Capitalism. Reich, 9 Robert B. Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. This article is adapted from his book, Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007). “How Capitalism Is Killing Democracy,” 12 October 2009, https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/12/how-capitalism-is-killing-democracy/ Cgilbert
It was supposed to be a match made in heaven. Capitalism and democracy… AND … the challenge for citizens is to stop these economic entities from being the authors of the rules by which we live.
Companies like Pearson and McGraw-Hill have pushed to monetization of education, Green Capitalism operates to blame the consumer when it is corporations that drive rapid acceleration of climate change, and class war is the gasoline on the culture war fire that envelops micro-political discussions. Democracy and capitalism are intertwined.
Thus, I stand resolved that civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified as a response to unrestrained Capitalism. Today’s value is human life OVER profits. Today’s Value Criterion is subject formation. Debate is a space where we learn arguments that will shape how we view the world. ALL we take away is knowledge from this round so the VC in today’s debate HAS to be about what we learn and HOW it shapes us.
The aim to satisfy capitalism's urge for limitless growth - causes exploitation, and destroys value to life while trying to stave off the inevitable collapse. Clark, 12 (Richard, OpEd News, 8/28/12, republished by WPF 4/3/14, " How and Why Is Global Corporate Capitalism Obsolete?", http://wpfdc.org/blog/economics/19049-how-and-why-is-global-corporate-capitalism-obsolete)
What lies at the heart of this insanity? It is this: Commanding an implacable and … AND … natural environment remain stronger than the desire to accumulate wealth.¶
Capitalism’s exploitation of labor and resources will inevitably collapse modern civilization—radical redistribution of resources is necessary to avert extinction. Ahmed, 14 Nafeez Ahmed. Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development. March 14 2014. “NASA-funded study: industrial civilization headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? The Guardian.
A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial … AND … if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion."
Capitalism permeates politics, over codes learning in the classroom and is simultaneously oppressing us at every turn. Capitalism is violent and has seeped into politics. Therefore, our civil disobedience MUST match the gravity of the moment. Thus, we believe it’s best to be civilly disobedient in the face of debate, which has been bloated with Capitalist ideals.
Thus, we endorse civil disobedience through the affirmation of the Communist Hypothesis. Every ethical decision – up to the ballot itself – should be infused with all of the significance of humanity’s destiny. The question regarding the aff is “does it confirm or contradict the communist hypothesis.” If we win the uniqueness question, you should reject alternatives because they reduce life to a barbaric ratrace and stand opposed to universal emancipation. Badiou, 8 Alain, former Chair of Philosophy at École normale supérieure, 2008. The Meaning of Sarkozy, pp. 97-103
I would like to situate the Sarkozy episode, which is not an impressive page … AND …. moment at which we find ourselves in the history of this hypothesis.
Appealing to the system for an end to exploitation is like having a fox guard a hen house – laws will be circumvented and used to maintain the legitimacy of the system. That means politics must begin from the outside in order to effectuate real change. Moody, 1 Director of a monthly magazine (Kim, “Closing the Door on U.S. Imperialism and Capitalist Globalization” New Politics, Winter 2001 Vol. VIII, Iss. 2; pg. 96 Proquest SW)
It is self-defeating to address the problem of super-exploited … AND … are plenty of examples that show it can make a difference.
10/2/21
Civil Disobedience-Resist Capitalism v3
Tournament: JW Patterson Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: Cabot NH | Judge: Logan Kennedy Democracy and Capitalism are fatally intertwined; Capitalism continues to thrive at the expense of democratic ideas. Left unchecked, capitalism will continue to rupture democracies globally; corporate elites, lack of free and fair elections, and runaway climate change all point to democracies dying at the hands of Capitalism. Reich, 9 Robert B. Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. This article is adapted from his book, Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007). “How Capitalism Is Killing Democracy,” 12 October 2009, https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/12/how-capitalism-is-killing-democracy/ Cgilbert
It was supposed to be a match made in heaven. Capitalism and democracy… AND … the challenge for citizens is to stop these economic entities from being the authors of the rules by which we live.
Debate is a deliberative democracy that has become over coded with Capitalism. Entry fees for national tournaments continually rise, debate camps are pricing out students’ ability to attend, and hired judges/assistant coaches are continuously underpaid and overworked. We think an appropriate response is to NOT conform to expected norms of debate as a way of being civilly disobedient WITHIN the activity.
Debate has become too insular and full of itself; only concerned with white sensibilities while protecting power and privilege in the community. Judges, and debaters alike, must change their relationship to arguments and their opponents; focusing on normative interps crowds out discussions about privilege and power. Students should be allowed to kritik debate because the things we discuss inherently AFFECT debate; disregard “dropped arguments” if we win our top-level framing. Smith, 14 Elijah J Smith is the Director of the Rutgers University-Newark Debate Team. Elijah held debate coaching and programming positions throughout the world, including at Wake Forest University and the University of California, Berkley, and in programs in Shanghai, China. Smith has been one of debate's shining stars as he progressed from high school and collegiate debate competition to coaching. A Newark native, Smith began debating as a student at University High School. In spring 2013, Smith helped make history in the collegiate debate world when he and his debate partner, Ryan Wash, won that year’s national Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) championship title and garnered the championship title for the National Debate Tournament (NDT), a stunning achievement unparalleled by any team in the history of the two tournaments. Moreover, Smith and Wash were the first African-American team to win the NDT and the second African-American team to win the CEDA tournament. “DEVELOPING OUR ENVIRONMENT: PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR THE ACTIVIST MODEL,” 30 January 2014, http://victory-briefs.squarespace.com/vbd/2014/1/developing-our-environment-planting-the-seeds-for-the-activist-model Cgilbert
Despite popular opinion, I think you should be rooted in the topic … AND … on behalf of those who cannot advocate for themselves.
Thus, I stand resolved that civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified as a response to unrestrained Capitalism. Today’s value is human life OVER profits. Today’s Value Criterion is subject formation. Debate is a space where we learn arguments that will shape how we view the world. ALL we take away is knowledge from this round so the VC in today’s debate HAS to be about what we learn and HOW it shapes us.
Thus, I stand resolved that civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified as a response to unrestrained Capitalism. Today’s value is human life OVER profits. Today’s Value Criterion is subject formation. Debate is a space where we learn arguments that will shape how we view the world. ALL we take away is knowledge from this round so the VC in today’s debate HAS to be about what we learn and HOW it shapes us.
The aim to satisfy capitalism's urge for limitless growth - causes exploitation, and destroys value to life while trying to stave off the inevitable collapse. Clark, 12 (Richard, OpEd News, 8/28/12, republished by WPF 4/3/14, " How and Why Is Global Corporate Capitalism Obsolete?", http://wpfdc.org/blog/economics/19049-how-and-why-is-global-corporate-capitalism-obsolete)
What lies at the heart of this insanity? It is this: Commanding an implacable and … AND … natural environment remain stronger than the desire to accumulate wealth.¶
Capitalism’s exploitation of labor and resources will inevitably collapse modern civilization—radical redistribution of resources is necessary to avert extinction. Ahmed, 14 Nafeez Ahmed. Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development. March 14 2014. “NASA-funded study: industrial civilization headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? The Guardian.
A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial … AND … if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion."
Thus, we endorse civil disobedience through the affirmation of the Communist Hypothesis. Every ethical decision – up to the ballot itself – should be infused with all of the significance of humanity’s destiny. The question regarding the aff is “does it confirm or contradict the communist hypothesis.” If we win the uniqueness question, you should reject alternatives because they reduce life to a barbaric ratrace and stand opposed to universal emancipation. Badiou, 8 Alain, former Chair of Philosophy at École normale supérieure, 2008. The Meaning of Sarkozy, pp. 97-103
I would like to situate the Sarkozy episode, which is not an impressive page … AND …. moment at which we find ourselves in the history of this hypothesis.
Appealing to the system for an end to exploitation is like having a fox guard a hen house – laws will be circumvented and used to maintain the legitimacy of the system. That means politics must begin from the outside in order to effectuate real change. Moody, 1 Director of a monthly magazine (Kim, “Closing the Door on U.S. Imperialism and Capitalist Globalization” New Politics, Winter 2001 Vol. VIII, Iss. 2; pg. 96 Proquest SW)
It is self-defeating to address the problem of super-exploited … AND … are plenty of examples that show it can make a difference.
10/8/21
NovDec - Destituent Power v1
Tournament: The Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep VS | Judge: Symone Whalin Debates about unconditional worker strikes ignores the ways in which racial capitalism orders the world; strikes have been used as a tool to deny Black labor and capitulate to white workers’ demands. Until we interrogate the underlying foundations of racial capitalism wages and whips, and factories and plantations will always be intertwined. Lemann, 20 Nicholas Lemann joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 1999 and has written the Letter from Washington and the Wayward Press columns for the magazine. He came to The New Yorker from The Atlantic Monthly, where, beginning in 1983, he was a national correspondent, writing about politics, education, business, social policy, and other topics. Previously, he was a writer and editor at the Washington Monthly, at Texas Monthly, and at the Washington Post. From 2003 to 2013, he served as the dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he is now a faculty member. He is the author of “The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America,” “The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy,” and “Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War.” His most recent book is “Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream.” “Is Capitalism Racist?” 18 May 2020, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/is-capitalism-racist Cgilbert
Johnson, who grew up in Missouri, tells us that he … AND … “that a male breadwinner was the keystone figure of healthy Black family life.”
Debate is no different; it has become over coded with Racial Capitalism. Entry fees for national tournaments continually rise while excluding predominantly black and brown programs, debate camps are pricing out students’ ability to attend which affects non-whites more, and hired judges/assistant coaches are continuously underpaid and overworked, of course they over represented by racialized minorities.
Debate has become too insular and full of itself; only concerned with white sensibilities while protecting power and privilege in the community. Judges, and debaters alike, must change their relationship to arguments and their opponents; focusing on normative interps crowds out discussions about privilege and power. Students should be allowed to kritik debate because the things we discuss inherently AFFECT debate; disregard “dropped arguments” if we win our top-level framing. Smith, 14 Elijah J Smith is the Director of the Rutgers University-Newark Debate Team. Elijah held debate coaching and programming positions throughout the world, including at Wake Forest University and the University of California, Berkley, and in programs in Shanghai, China. Smith has been one of debate's shining stars as he progressed from high school and collegiate debate competition to coaching. A Newark native, Smith began debating as a student at University High School. In spring 2013, Smith helped make history in the collegiate debate world when he and his debate partner, Ryan Wash, won that year’s national Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) championship title and garnered the championship title for the National Debate Tournament (NDT), a stunning achievement unparalleled by any team in the history of the two tournaments. Moreover, Smith and Wash were the first African-American team to win the NDT and the second African-American team to win the CEDA tournament. “DEVELOPING OUR ENVIRONMENT: PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR THE ACTIVIST MODEL,” 30 January 2014, http://victory-briefs.squarespace.com/vbd/2014/1/developing-our-environment-planting-the-seeds-for-the-activist-model Cgilbert
Despite popular opinion, I think you should be rooted in the topic … AND … on behalf of those who cannot advocate for themselves.
Today’s value is human life OVER racialized profits. Today’s Value Criterion is subject formation. Debate is a space where we learn arguments that will shape how we view the world. ALL we take away is knowledge from this round so the VC in today’s debate HAS to be about what we learn and HOW it shapes us.
Prioritize the racializing violence of racial capitalism over the spectacle of extinction - the universal humanity presumed by util calculus mystifies the bifurcation of life worlds and the devaluation that is the condition of possibility for extinction in the first place. Farman, 20 (Abou, July 1, An anthropologist, writer and artist, Abou Farman is author of the books Clerks of the Passage (2012, Montreal: Linda Leith Press) and On Not Dying: Secular Immortality in the Age of Technoscience (Minneapolis: Univ. Minn. Press, 2020). He is assistant professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research and founder of Art Space Sanctuary, as well as the Shipibo Conibo Center of NY. https://alinejournal.com/politics/terminality-the-ticking/)//DSRB
This is the logic of terminality: A threat is looming over … AND … end rather than imagined the end as the future?
Thus, we affirm destituent power; destituent power is necessary to disrupt status quo formations of power and legal order. Our affirmation is one of a "positive no" that is creative in nature, opening up space for new social and environmental relations that fundamentally challenge the basis of subjectification. This form of civil disobedience is essential to disrupt "business as usual" and the capitalism cooption of democratic processes. Macro-economic and macro-political agents merely exist because individuals consent to their hegemony. Bougsty-Marshall 16 (Skye, Teacher at the Brooklyn Commons, Former Attorney for the India for the Human Rights Law Network, former law fellow for the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG), “Flooding Wall Street: Echoes from the Future of Resistance around Climate Change,” Journal of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Volume 27, Issue 3) jmills
Thus, to weave the necessary federated and transversal links … AND …reflexivity of the network, which can give rise to emergent properties (Chesters and Welsh 2006, 101–102).
The Role of the Ballot is to de-platform fascism. The marketplace of ideas ends at the threat of fascism because fascism unchecked is fascism enabled. Normative models of debate facilitate the mainstreaming of fascism – the asymmetrical presumption of free speech for the white normative speaking subject while poor, racialized, and gendered speech is rendered unintelligible and subject to the policing operations of the state as left extremism becomes the justification for the platforming of fascists. Bray, 17 Mark, political organizer and historian of human rights, terrorism, and politics in Modern Europe. He earned his BA in Philosophy from Wesleyan University in 2005 and his PhD in History from Rutgers University in 2016. He is the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Melville House 2017), Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street (Zero 2013), and the co-editor of Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader (PM Press 2018). His work has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, Salon, Boston Review, and numerous edited volumes. He is currently a lecturer at Rutgers University., “No platform for fascism: A QandA with Antifa author Mark Bray,” August 22, 2017, https://www.mhpbooks.com/no-platform-for-fascism-a-qa-with-antifa-author-mark-bray///ak47 MB: Antifa is the abbreviation for “anti-fascist” in a number … AND … antifa never call for censorship.
11/20/21
SeptOct - Resist Capitalism
Tournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EL | Judge: Devin Hernandez COVID’s neoliberal framework, undergirded by IP law, feeds into Racial Capitalism by allowing corporations to make huge profits on the suffering of Black and brown individuals. Until we interrogate the intersection of racism and capitalism, changing IP laws will do nothing to resolve the material conditions of subjugated groups. Vanni, 21 Dr. Amaka Vanni is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds, where she is affiliated with the Centre for Business Law and Practice (CBLP), and Centre for Law and Social Justice. Her work lies at the intersection of international economic law, development, and global governance. Her research and teaching are on intellectual property law, international trade law, philanthro-capitalism, critical legal theory and history. Dr Vanni received a B.A. (dual honours) in International Relations and Politics from Keele University, LLM in International Economic Law and PhD in the same field from the University of Warwick. She is the author of the award-winning book, Patent Games in the Global South: Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India and Nigeria (Hart/Bloomsbury, 2020). “On Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Medicines and Vaccine Imperialism,” 23 March 2021, https://twailr.com/on-intellectual-property-rights-access-to-medicines-and-vaccine-imperialism/ Cgilbert
While the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease continues … AND … to the entangled roots of race and capitalism.
Debate has become over coded with Racial Capitalism. Entry fees for national tournaments continually rise, debate camps are pricing out students’ ability to attend, and hired judges/assistant coaches are continuously underpaid and overworked. Black and brown students are expected to ONLY represent UDLs; as if they aren’t good enough for national level debate.
Debate has become too insular and full of itself; only concerned with white sensibilities while protecting power and privilege in the community. Judges, and debaters alike, must change their relationship to arguments and their opponents; focusing on normative interps crowds out discussions about privilege and power. Students should be allowed to kritik debate because the things we discuss inherently AFFECT debate; disregard “dropped arguments” if we win our top-level framing. Smith, 14 Elijah J Smith is the Director of the Rutgers University-Newark Debate Team. Elijah held debate coaching and programming positions throughout the world, including at Wake Forest University and the University of California, Berkley, and in programs in Shanghai, China. Smith has been one of debate's shining stars as he progressed from high school and collegiate debate competition to coaching. A Newark native, Smith began debating as a student at University High School. In spring 2013, Smith helped make history in the collegiate debate world when he and his debate partner, Ryan Wash, won that year’s national Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) championship title and garnered the championship title for the National Debate Tournament (NDT), a stunning achievement unparalleled by any team in the history of the two tournaments. Moreover, Smith and Wash were the first African-American team to win the NDT and the second African-American team to win the CEDA tournament. “DEVELOPING OUR ENVIRONMENT: PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR THE ACTIVIST MODEL,” 30 January 2014, http://victory-briefs.squarespace.com/vbd/2014/1/developing-our-environment-planting-the-seeds-for-the-activist-model Cgilbert
Despite popular opinion, I think you should be rooted in the topic … AND … on behalf of those who cannot advocate for themselves.
Thus, I stand resolved that reductions in IP will do nothing to affect unrestrained Racial Capitalism. Today’s values are eradicating racism and human life OVER profits. Today’s Value Criterion is subject formation. Debate is a space where we learn arguments that will shape how we view the world. ALL we take away is knowledge from this round so the VC in today’s debate HAS to be about what we learn and HOW it shapes us.
The aim to satisfy capitalism's urge for limitless growth - causes exploitation, and destroys value to life while trying to stave off the inevitable collapse. Clark, 12 (Richard, OpEd News, 8/28/12, republished by WPF 4/3/14, " How and Why Is Global Corporate Capitalism Obsolete?", http://wpfdc.org/blog/economics/19049-how-and-why-is-global-corporate-capitalism-obsolete)
What lies at the heart of this insanity? It is this: Commanding an implacable and … AND … natural environment remain stronger than the desire to accumulate wealth.¶
Capitalism’s exploitation of labor and resources will inevitably collapse modern civilization—radical redistribution of resources is necessary to avert extinction. Ahmed, 14 Nafeez Ahmed. Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development. March 14 2014. “NASA-funded study: industrial civilization headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? The Guardian.
A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial … AND … if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion."
Thus, we endorse IP reduction through the affirmation of the Communist Hypothesis. Every ethical decision – up to the ballot itself – should be infused with all of the significance of humanity’s destiny. The question regarding your decision is “does it confirm or contradict the communist hypothesis.” If we win the uniqueness question, you should reject alternatives because they reduce life to a barbaric ratrace and stand opposed to universal emancipation. Badiou, 8 Alain, former Chair of Philosophy at École normale supérieure, 2008. The Meaning of Sarkozy, pp. 97-103
I would like to situate the Sarkozy episode, which is not an impressive page … AND …. moment at which we find ourselves in the history of this hypothesis.
Appealing to the system for an end to exploitation is like having a fox guard a hen house – laws will be circumvented and used to maintain the legitimacy of the system. That means politics must begin from the outside in order to effectuate real change. Moody, 1 Director of a monthly magazine (Kim, “Closing the Door on U.S. Imperialism and Capitalist Globalization” New Politics, Winter 2001 Vol. VIII, Iss. 2; pg. 96 Proquest SW)
It is self-defeating to address the problem of super-exploited … AND … are plenty of examples that show it can make a difference.