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Interpretation – financial incentives are grants, tax credits, or loan guarantees

Jacobs et al, 2009

Wendy B. Jacobs, Director, Harvard Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Leah Cohen, Leah Kostakidis-Lianos, Sara Rundell, Discussion Paper, “Proposed Roadmap For Overcoming Legal and Financial Obstacles to Carbon Capture and Sequestration” March, belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/2009-04_ETIP_Jacobs_et_al.pdf

Financial incentives such…  of the project costs.

Violation – the aff is a contract

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Obama will win but it’ll be close

Politi 9/22

Daniel, Reporter, Slate, “Romney Falling Behind In Swing State Polls, Ground Game”, http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/09/22/romney_falls_behind_in_key_swing_states_gop_campaign_lacks_ground_game.html

It’s been a close … about the economy.¶

Plan’s explosive with the public – Fukushima created public backlash

CSI 12

Civil Society Institute. “SURVEY: AMERICANS NOT WARMING UP TO NUCLEAR POWER ONE YEAR AFTER FUKUSHIMA,” 3/7, http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/media/030712release.cfm

Contrary to Industry … the March 2011 survey.

Unpredictable policies shift the election

Seattle Times 12

"Not just the economy: Secondary issues may play role in election," 7/14, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018688463_electionissues15.html

As the economy … neck until November.

Tiny shifts matter – link threshold is low

Silver 12

Nate, 5/15, chief pollster for New York Times’ 538 election polling center. Regarded as top-level pollster based on distinct mathematical models http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/a-30000-foot-view-on-the-presidential-race/.

The last thing to … at the margin.

Obama will attack Iran as an October surprise if he feels he’s losing

Shalev 12/27

Chemi Shalev is an Israeli journalist and political analyst. Chemi Shalev is a US foreign correspondent for Haaretz newspaper 12-27-2011 http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/will-a-u-s-attack-on-iran-become-obama-s-october-surprise-1.403898

Will a U.S. attack … ultimate Righteous Gentile.

Iran strikes causes multiple scenarios for nuclear war, CBW use and terrorist attacks.

Russell -09 (James A. Russell, managing editor of Strategic Insights, the quarterly ejournal published by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spring 2009, Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East, Security Studies Center)

Iran’s response to … Armageddon” scenario.

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Text: The United States federal government should perform an environmental assessment to determine the least environmentally damaging way to enter into power purchase agreement for nuclear reactors under 150MW and implement the result of the assessment

Assessment solves better – Critical to decision making and implementation

Dreher 5 (Robert, Deputy Executive Director of the Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute, Served as Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “The Political Assault on the National Environmental Policy Act,” http://www.law.georgetown.edu/gelpi/research_archive/nepa/NEPAUnderSiegeFinal.pdf)

Yet another criticism of … plague controversial timber sales.” 56

The counterplan is key to global environmental protection

Caldwell 98 (“Beyond NEPA: Future Significance of the National Environmental Policy Act”, Harvard Environmental Law Review, 22 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 203)

It is this prospective … a sustainable future.

Environmental destruction leads to extinction

Tonn 7 (Bruce, Professor of Urban Planning at Tennessee, Futures v. 39, no. 9, “Futures Sustainability”, pg. Lexis)

The first principle … must be protected.

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SMRs destroys IAEA’s resources and effectiveness

Lyman 11

(Edwin, Senior Scientist, Global Security Program Union of Concerned Scientists, June 7, 2011, Testimony on S. 512, “The Nuclear Power 2021 Act” and S. 1067, “The Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2011” Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. Senate, http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nuclear_power/lyman-testimony-06-07-2011.pdf)

The distributed deployment … if even feasible.

Resources key to prevent nuclear terrorism and reactor explosions

Zedillo 8

(Ernesto. Director of the Yale Center for the study of globalization. 9/4/8. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7801)

G8 leaders meeting in …unstable voluntary basis.

Nuclear Terror leads to extinction

Morgan, 9

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin Campus - South Korea (Dennis, Futures, November, “World on fire: two scenarios of the destruction of human civilization and possible extinction of the human race,” Science Direct)

In a remarkable website on nuclear … suffering in a nuclear winter.

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No nuclear renaissance – plants shutting down, investors pulling out, blocked leasing

Levine 9/5

Greg Lavine, 9-5-2012, “End of Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation” Truth Out, http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11339-end-of-summer-news-puts-nuclear-renaissance-on-permanent-vacation

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission … technological and economic rebirth.

Doesn’t solve leadership – people would resent US technology

Smith 11

Terrence Smith. program coordinator and research assistant with the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy at CSIS. An Idea I Can Do Without: “Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations”. 2/16/11. http://csis.org/blog/idea-i-can-do-without-small-nuclear-reactors-military-installations.

The reactors are purely … how it helps.

Proliferation impacts are empirically denied

Krepon 9

Michael. Co-Founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Diplomat Scholar at the University of Virginia, and the author of Better Safe Than Sorry: The Ironies of Living With the Bomb. "The mushroom cloud that wasn't: why inflating threats won't reduce them." Foreign Affairs 88.3 (May-June 2009).

Today, as … over the long haul.

Nonproliferation is strong now

Krepon 9

Michael. Co-Founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Diplomat Scholar at the University of Virginia, and the author of Better Safe Than Sorry: The Ironies of Living With the Bomb. "The mushroom cloud that wasn't: why inflating threats won't reduce them." Foreign Affairs 88.3 (May-June 2009).

The world is … first century.

Prolif will be slow—only a few states per decade.

Kenneth N. Waltz 2K, Professor Emeritus, UC-Berkeley, “Interview:  Is Kenneth Waltz Still M.A.D. About Nukes,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, v.1 n.1, Winter/Spring

You have to have … nuclear weapons.

States can build their own weapons without stealing from reactors

Pomper and Harvey 12 - *sr research associate at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies @ Monterey Institute of International Studies, masters int’l affairs @ Columbia and masters journalism @ NWestern, **Research Associate at Monterey Institute of International Studies

Miles A. Pomper, Cole J. Harvey, “The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Modern World: Trends and Straining Regimes”, in “International Politics in Times of Change”, 2012, Google Books

In the modem world, the most lethal weapons are not necessarily limited to the most economically advanced states. Technologies that were once available … the developed world.

No credibility- The US is not abiding to legally binding disarmament laws

Compliance Campaign-12

( fight for US compliance to International laws), “Iran or the USA: Who really violates international obligations?”, February 3, http://compliancecampaign.wordpress.com/tag/npt/. Google. 7/8/12. JD.

There is no mention … of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear meltdowns don’t cause extinction.

Lyons ‘11

Chernobyl: when truth went into meltdown Rob Lyons From: The Australian March 26, 2011 12:00AM

DURING the crisis … in cancer mortality". 

Nuclear meltdowns won’t cause massive deaths – Chernobyl proves.

Jaworowski in 4

Zbigniew, MD, PhD, Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Lessons of Chernobyl - with particular reference to thyroid cancer, http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/jaworowski.html

This was the … of energy production.

Economic decline empirically doesn’t lead to war

Miller 2K (Morris, Professor of Administration @ the University of Ottawa, Interdisciplinary Science Review, v 25 n4 2000 p ingenta connect)

The question may be … to abort another).

No war – Countries can’t afford it

Bennett and Nordstrom 2K (D. Scott and Timothy, Department of Political Science Professors at Pennsylvania State, “Foreign Policy Substitutability and Internal Economic Problems in Enduring Rivalries,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ebsco)

In this analysis, we … for substitutability between them.

Status quo solves – The iPhone 5 will save the economy

Reddy 9/10 (Sudeep, Economics reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Cites Michael Feroli, JP Morgan’s Chief U.S. Economist, “IPhone 5 Sales Could Offer Big Boost to GDP”, 9/10/12, http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/09/10/iphone-5-sales-could-offer-big-boost-to-gdp/)

The iPhone 5, which Apple … months of the year.

The US isn’t key to the global economy

Ethiopian Review 10 (“How We’re Doing in the World”, 3/1/10, http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/10784)

Although virtually all key indicators … the United States.

Eurozone crisis makes the impact inevitable

The Economist 11 (“Staring into the abyss”, Nov 12th 2011, http://www.economist.com/node/21536872)

In the same way, the … down towards disaster.

US natural gas imports declining

Kumar et al '11

Satish, Dept of Chem and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, ROK - with Jae Hyun Cho, Wonsub Lim, and Il Moon - and Hyouk-Tae Kwon and Kwang-Ho Choi, GS Engineering and Construction, ROK.Energy Policy Journal, "Current Status and future projections of LNG demand and supplies: A global prospective," Published 5/13/12 Through ScienceDirect, AD 7/30/12

The difference between … increased U.S. production.

US isn’t dependent on LNG imports—imports 2%

Energy Security Leadership Council '12

Securing America's Future Energy Project, cochaired by General P.X. Kelley, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) 28th Commandant, U.S. Marine Corp Frederick W. Smith Chairman, President and CEO, FedEx Corporation"The New American Oil Boom implications for energy security," 2012, AD 7/27/12

In recent decades, the … U.S. consumers today.

Impact author is a Spanish instructor

From his website

http://poeteconomist.com/pages/bio

Joseph Robertson is … Languages and Literatures.

Despite multiple flashpoints – Asian war unlikely

Bitzinger and Desker ‘8 – Senior Fellow @ International Studies Perspectives

Richard and Barry, PhD from UCLA and Senior Fellow @ International Studies Perspectives, Dean of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Why East Asian War is Unlikely, Survival, Volume 50, Issue 6 December 2008 , pages 105 – 128

The Asia-Pacific … inconceivable - is unlikely.

Tech isn’t there for a decade

Tomich 12

(Jeffery, April 25, 2012, “Small nuclear reactors generate hype, questions about cost” http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/small-nuclear-reactors-generate-hype-questions-about-cost/article_39757dba-8e5c-11e1-9883-001a4bcf6878.html)

For all the … dictated by economics.

SMR’s don’t solve-3 reasons

Baker 12

(Matthew Baker, staff writer American Security Project, 6/22/12, “Do Small Modular Reactors Present a Serious Option for the Military’s Energy Needs?” http://americansecurityproject.org/blog/2012/do-small-modular-reactors-present-a-serious-option-for-the-militarys-energy-needs/)

Unfortunately all the … than its benefits.

SMRs are to expensive to be adopted

Makhijani 11

(Arjun, electrical and nuclear engineer who is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental ResearchJune 15, 2011, “The problems with small nuclear reactors” http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/166609-the-problems-with-small-nuclear-reactors

The devil, as … accident or attack. 

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A. Interpretation – The affirmative must defend the USFG either increasing incentives for or decreasing restrictions on one or more of the following: coal, crude oil, natural gas, nuclear power, solar power, or wind power

B. Prefer our interpretation:

1. Predictability –

2. Ground –

3. Predictability is a prerequisite to evaluating their truth claims – Knowledge cannot be established absent rigorous testing

Baird 55 (C. A., Professor of Speech at the University of Iowa, “The college debater and the red china issue,” Central States Speech Journal, 6(2), 5-7)

A second indictment of you … so "inefficacious for good."

4. Switch side debate creates tolerance for alternative viewpoints – That prevents moral dogmatism and fosters respect for individual differences

Keller Et Al 1 (Thomas E., James K., and Tracly K., Asst. professor School of Social Service Administration U. of Chicago, professor of Social Work, and doctoral student School of Social Work, “Student debates in policy courses: promoting policy practice skills and knowledge through active learning,” Journal of Social Work Education, Spr/Summer 2001, EBSCOhost)

SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE a … pertaining to the issue.

C. Voting issue – Resolving framework is a precondition for debate to occur

Shively 2K (Ruth Lessl, Assistant Prof Political Science at Texas AandM, Partisan Politics and Political Theory, p. 181-2)

The requirements given thus … basic agreement or harmony.

You should use objectivity and falsifiability to determine truth – Claiming that social location determines truth undermines any possibility of meaningful knowledge

Hammersley 93 (Martyn, Professor of Educational and Social Research at The Open University, British Journal of Sociology, “Research and 'anti-racism': the case of Peter Foster and his critics”, jstor)

The second view I … can be produced.

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Maintaining energy production is key to the economy

Kreutzer Et Al 10 (David, Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis, Former Professor of Economics at Madison University, “A Renewable Electricity Standard: What It Will Really Cost Americans”, May 5, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/05/a-renewable-electricity-standard-what-it-will-really-cost-americans)

Electric power is one of … national debt by 2035.

Our ontology of technology is key to innovation

Bronner 4

Stephen Eric Bronner, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, 2004, Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical Engagement, p. 21-23

Something will always … real liv­ing individuals.

Tech is key to solves poverty, increase living standards, and promote economic growth

Norberg 3 – MA in History

Johan Norberg, Fellow at Timbro and CATO, MA with a focus in economics and philosophy, In Defense of Global Capitalism, pg. 64

Johan Norberg shows … world, not less.

Economic decline causes nuclear war

Harris and Burrows 9 (Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer is a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf)

Increased Potential for Global … eat-dog world.

Statistical modeling proves our impact

Gartzke 7- PhD- associate professor of political science at UC San Diego

(Erik, “The Capitalist Peace,” 1/5/07, http://dss.ucsd.edu/~egartzke/publications/gartzke_ajps_07.pdf)

How many wars … move beyond cross tabs.

Decline leads to Russian expansionism

Rothkopf 9 (David, Visiting Fellow @ Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace, 3/11/9, CQ Congressional Testimony, Lexis)

Ukraine (like a number of … on the international stage.

Nuclear war

Blank 2k (Stephen, Fall 2000, World Affairs, “Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, JSTOR)

Russia's warnings about U.S. efforts … proxies capable of settling the

Economic decline leads to widespread violence – turns value to life

Strauss-Kahn 9 – Managing Director @ IMF

Dominique, “Economic Stability, Economic Cooperation, and Peace—the Role of the IMF,” http://www.

imf.org/external/np/speeches/2009/102309.htm

Let me stress that … of weakened institutions.

We have already crossed the threshold of sustainability – Continued technological advancement is key to undo the damage and prevent extinction of all species

AtKisson 1 (President and CEO of The AtKisson Group, an international sustainability consultancy to business and government, “Sustainability is Dead— Long Live Sustainability” http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf)

The evidence that … can never stop.

The collapse has already started and only growth, technology and acceptance of our role as managers of nature can avoid catastrophe

AtKisson 1 (President and CEO of The AtKisson Group, an international sustainability consultancy to business and government, “Sustainability is Dead— Long Live Sustainability” http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf)

Without extraordinary and … of innovation itself.

Tech is key to empower the marginalized

Chomsky 76 (Noam, “The Relevance of Anarcho-syndicalism”, Interviewed by Peter Jay, The Jay Interview, July 25, 1976 http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/19760725.htm)

So, which of these two views … the industrial revolution.

They misunderstand technology – It’s just a reflection of inherent human tendencies – The only thing rejecting it does is make life suck

Albert No Date (Michael, “Anarchism = Zerzan?” http://www.insurgentdesire.org.uk/albert.htm)

Zerzan tells us “that … examining Zerzan’s logic.

Only quickening technological innovation solves environmental collapse

Baker 2k – Former Industrial Economist

Brent Barker, electrical engineer, and manager of corporate communications for the Electric Power Research Institute and former industrial economist and staff author at SRI International and as a commercial research analyst at USX Corporation, “Technology and the Quest for Sustainability.” EPRI Journal, Summer, INFOTRAC

Sustainability has been … That future begins now.

Ethics requires calculative thinking


Thurschwell in 3

(Adam thurschwell, associate professor of law @ Cleveland state, 2k3 cardozo law review, lexis)

From the outset, then, ethical … genuine justice demands.

Calculative thought is necessary in order to secure justice in the face of specific forms of oppression that deny “being” or “alterity”

Campbell 99 – Professor of International Politics

David, Prof of Int’l Politics @ Univ. of Newcastle, Moral Spaces, p. 50-51

In pursuing Derrida … escaped or transcended.

The aff leads to transition wars

Aligica ‘03

(Paul Aligica, Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute, “The Great Transition and the Social Limits to Growth: Herman Kahn on Social Change and Global Economic Development”, April 21, http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_detailsandid=2827)

Stopping things would ... trying to avoid" (Kahn, 1976, 210; 1984).

Tech Innovation solves disease

-smallpox example

Cudd 10 – Dean of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy @ KU

Anne Cudd, “Capitalism for and Against: A Feminist Debate,” pg. 38-39

Easterlin rejects the … survival rates.  

Diseases lead to extinction

Fox 97

C. William. Lieutenant COLONEL. 6/24/97. http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=ISNandfileid=4341F68C-1AF1-FEB7-10D7-5EE127216D05andlng=en.

HIV is a pandemic … of mass destruction.

Lack of capital T truth doesn’t dent the necessity of logic and data. Incomplete knowledge is still useful.

Sil ‘2k

Rudra Sil, assistance professor of Political Science @ the University of Pennsylvania. “Beyond boundaries?: disciplines, paradigms, and theoretical integration in International Studies. 2001. P. 161.

In the end, there … extreme epistemological positions.

Western civilization is reflexive and self-correcting – criticisms of the western intellect are based in a guilt complex for past colonialism.

Warraq ‘8

Ibn Warraq, senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry. “Defending the West”. January 8, 2008. http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=29399

Said, influenced by … has faced since the Nazis.

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THEIR FRAGMENTED METHOD OF ANALYSIS AND RELIANCE ON IDENTITY, DIFFERENCE AND PARTICULARISM DESTROYS UNIVERSAL IDENTIFICATION AGAINST CAPITALISM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS METHOD REFLECTS THEIR EMBRACE OF CONSUMERIST FREEDOM AND THE MARKETPLACE OF LIFESTYLES**

wood 97

[Ellen, “What is the Postmodern Agenda?”, In Defense of History, ed. Foster and Wood]

 How, then, does this … become the disease.

THE REDUCTION OF CLASS TO A NEUTRAL LEVEL AMONG A LONG LIST OF OTHER OPPRESSIONS SUCH AS RACISM DESTROYS THE EMANCIPATORY POTENTIAL OF CLASS TO REACH ACROSS ALL LINES OF INDENTITY AND FORGE POLITICAL ACTION.  CLASS MUST BE RECOGNIZED AS QUALITATIVELY MORE IMPORTANT—OTHERWISE THE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO SATISFY DEMANDS ON GROUNDS OF FORMAL EQUALITY, DESTROYING ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME CAPITALIST OPPRESSION***

gimenez 2001

[Martha, Prof. Of Sociology at CU Boulder, “Marxism and Class, Gender and Race”, Race Gender and Class, Vol. 8, p. online]

There are many competing … "intersectionality" is class power.

THE ABSENCE OF STRUCTURAL HISTORICISM IS NO MERE OVERSIGHT, NOR IS IT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY MENTION ECONOMICS IN A FEW OF YOUR CARDS-- THE RELIANCE OF INDENTY-BASED POLITICS IS NOT AN ACCIDENTAL INSTANCE OF IGNORING CLASS.  THE DEMAND ARISES OUT OF THE CRISIS OF LIBERALISM—SUCH POLITICS PARTICULARIZES THE OPPRESSIONS OF CAPITALISM TO THE POINT THAT THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEM IS NATURALIZED.  ATTAINING WHITE, MALE BOURGEOISSE PRIVILEGE BECOMES THE BENCH-MARK OF POLITICAL SUCCESS, RE-ENTRENCHING THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE SYSTEM

BROWN 93

[Wendy, Professor and Genius, “Wounded Attachments”, Political Theory, Aug]

Although this détente … explicitly politicized marking.

THE NARRATIVIZATION OF POLITICS IS INHERENTLY CONSERVATIVE—IT IS THE EMBRACE OF CAPITALIST EXCESS AND DESTROYS ANY ATTEMPT TO RESIST OR OPPOSE CAPITALISM ON ANY GROUNDS**

Foster ’97 –Dept of Sociology at Oregon

 [John Bellamy, “In Defense of History”, In Defense of History, ed. Foster and Wood]

The weaknesses of … to transcend them.22

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STRUCTURAL KRITIK, THERE CAN BE NO SUCH THING AS ‘MAKING THINGS BETTER’— THEIR MODEL OF POLITICS, NO MATTER HOW SUBVERSIVE OR CONSERVATIVE, ALL FUNDAMENTALLY EXAGERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORMAL INSTITUTION OF POLITICS AND POWER, IGNORING THE WAYS SUCH A SYSTEM CREATES KNOWLEDGE—ONLY A MARXIST SHIFT TO KRITIK THE STRUCTURE AND CREATE MASS SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS WILL OVERCOME THIS FAILURE OF POLITICS

HARNECKER 2000

[Marta, Dir of MEPLA, Links, p. online: http://www.dsp.org.au/links/back/issue16/harnecker.html ]

To think about the … has to be built.

NEXT, THE DETERMINISM OF CAPITAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF ALL LIFE—IT IS THIS LOGIC THAT MOBILIZES AND ALLOWS FOR THE 1AC’S SCENARIOS IN THE FIRST PLACE

dyer-witherford 99

[Nick, Prof at U. of Western Ontario, Cyber Marx: Cycles and Circuits of Struggle in High Technology Capitalism ]

For capitalism, the use … all too obvious.

FINALLY, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ETHICAL ACTION THAT STANDS OUTSIDE OF POLITICS—YOUR ETHICAL DEMAND TO COME PRIOR TO THE STRUCTURAL NEGATION OF CAPITAL IS THE LARGEST VIOLATION OF ETHICS

Meszaros 95

[Istavan, Prof. Emeritus at Sussex, Beyond Capital: Towards a Theory of Transition]p. 409-10

Politics and morality are … of the recent past.

Vote Negative to validate and adopt the method of structural/historical criticism that is the 1NC.

THIS IS NOT THE ALTERNATIVE, BUT IN TRUTH THE ONLY OPTION— METHOD IS THE FOREMOST POLITICAL QUESTION BECAUSE ONE MUST UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING SOCIAL TOTALITY BEFORE ONE CAN ACT ON IT—GROUNDING THE SITES OF POLITICAL CONTESTATION OR KNOWLEDGE OUTSIDE OF LABOR AND SURPLUS VALUE MERELY SERVE TO HUMANIZE CAPITAL AND PREVENT A TRANSITION TO A SOCIETY BEYOND OPPRESSION

tumino 2001

[Stephen, Prof English at Pitt, ““What is Orthodox Marxism and Why it Matters Now More than Ever”, Red Critique, p. online]

Any effective political theory … as social theory.

AND NEXT, RESISTANCE TO CAPITAL MUST BE A TOTAL NEGATION OF THE SYSTEM FROM OUT-SIDE OF GOVERNMENT—WHILE SOME INSIDE POLITICAL GAINS ARE POSSIBLE, THEY ARE TRUMPED BY THE ABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO USE REFORMS TO RESTABILIZE CAPITAL AND MARGINALIZE LABOR AS A SOCIAL ALTERNATIVE

Meszaros 95

[Istavan, Prof. Emeritus at Sussex, Beyond Capital: Towards a Theory of Transition]p. 738

Thus the role of … power of capital.

AND SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERMUTATION—CAPITALISM IS AN INERTIAL SYSTEM—ANY VESITAGE LEFT REMAINING BY THE PERMUTATION WILL INEVITABLY SPIN BACK UP.  LIKE A MANY-HEADED HYDRA, IT WILL REGENERATE WITH EVERY ATTEMPT THAT ATTACKS THE INSTRUMENTS AS OPPOSSED TO THE SYSTEM ITSELF***

kovel 2002

[Joel, Prof at Bard, Enemy of Nature, Zed Books]p. 142-3

The value-term that … and greater ecodestruction.

FINALLY, METHODOLOGY IS THE FOREMOST POINT OF DEPARTURE TO ANY POLITICAL QUERY.  YOU SHOULD EVALUATE EPISTEMOLOGY FIRST BECAUSE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT PROBLEMS DETERMINES HOW YOU RESPOND TO THEM AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEY ENGENDER

Smith ‘96

[Steve, Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, “Positivism and Beyond,” International theory: Positivism and beyond, New York: Cambridge University Press, 12-1 3]

But the stakes are … to be the case.

OUR METHOD SOLVES YOUR CASE—A HISTORICAL MATERIALIST READING OF DESTRUCTIVE NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY REVEALS THESE PROBLEMS RELATIONSHIP TO CAPITAL, ULTIMATELY ALLOWING FOR EMANCIPATION**

wood 97

[Ellen, “What is the Postmodern Agenda?”, In Defense of History, ed. Foster and Wood]

In its defeatist submission to … the stranglehold of commodifica- tion.