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Lecture by Phillips and Clark. Part I: What is a K?. Yea, everyone should still listen to this, because you have part of this wrong!. What is a K?. -Kritiks indirectly challenge the other side's arguments by attacking their assumptions
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Part I: What is a K? • Yea, everyone should still listen to this, because you have part of this wrong!
What is a K? • -Kritiks indirectly challenge the other side's arguments by attacking their assumptions • -Problem solving theory: takes the world as it is, aims to promote efficiency/smooth functioning • -Critical theory: stands apart from the existing world and asks "for whom?" and "for what purpose?“ • -Concepts/ideas are "contingent"
Capitalism is… • Capitalism: An economic system characterized by • ownership of private property • a free market of exchange • belief in rational actor model
Neoliberalism is… • What is Neoliberalism? • attempts to explain currently existing capitalism in this moment: capital mobility • challenges assumptions behind capitalism as an economic system
That among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men . . .
Founding Fathers The framers of the Constitution could agree with Madison when he wrote (also in Federalist No. 10) that “the most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property [that is, wealth]. Those who hold and those who arc without property have ever formed distinct interests in society” and “the first object of government” is “the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property.” So government is there to see that those who have a talent for getting rich are not hampered in any way by those who might be made poor in the process.- Michael Parenti, 1995
#2 - Cap Cannot be Reformed • Maintain wealth/status quo • Governmental/Military Controlled by Corporations • Relies on Ethic of Consumption, which is infinite
#3 - Capitalism is Crisis Ridden • Resource Depletion • Externalized Costs • Competition for scarce resources • Lack of satisfaction with class difference • Democratic limits/failures • Commodification of resistance
#4 – Cap Devalues Life • Commodified existence • Alienated through lack of work relationship • Class difference
#5 - Alternative provides uniqueness • Discourse Based – • Knowledge Spreading • Ethics • Critique • Activist Based– • Movements/Status quo • Framework makes it go away
2 Types of Affs • Ecological Reforms Or • Exploit Resources more Let’s List some examples of both…. Either way, cap is your homey!
Cap vs Eco-Aff’s • Links • Green vs Red Ecology • Inefficiencies of Market • Consumption And, Zizek….
Affs that exploit • Links – • Consumption • Environmental degradation • Resource competition
Aff vs the Cap K • Cap Sustainable • Cap self adjusts • Caps internal conflicts are solved and mitigated by cap • Cap provides value to life • Alternatives don’t solve/make things worse
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