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+Free Speech |
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+Econ advantage |
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+Free speech is impossible in a capitalist environment—the right to free speech hinders on social relations and economic status; all means of expression assume socioeconomic means that the aff glosses over. Morley ‘15 |
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+Our Cherished Freedom of Speech Myth Written by Daniel MorleyFriday, 20 February 2015 http://www.marxist.com/our-cherished-freedom-of-speech-myth.htm |
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+As Lenin succinctly summed up, “Freedom in capitalist society always remains just about |
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+that is the demand of those who fight for real freedom of expression! |
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+Their conception of free expression promotes market ideals that undermine genuine free exchange of ideas—that both turns the aff and is the backbone of capitalism. Dawes ‘15 |
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+Dawes 15 (Simon, Sociology @ Universite Paul Valery, Montpelier, France, “Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech and Counter-Speech”, http://www.socresonline.org.uk/20/3/3.html) |
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+In both French and Anglo-Saxon contexts, however, the concepts of 'freedom |
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+, above and beyond those of an individual, in a multicultural society. |
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+Root Cause (Opression) |
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+Class focus must come first – it is the root cause of all oppression. Kovel 07, |
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+Kovel, Prof. of Social Studies @ Bard, 2007 Joel, “The Enemy of Nature”, p. 140- |
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+If, however, we ask the question of efficacy, that is, |
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+unfolding of contemporary ecological struggles, as we discuss in the next section. |
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+Individual Rejection |
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+We should completely withdraw from the logic of capitalism—individual criticism is key to solve. |
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+Adrian Johnston 4 Dept of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, “The Cynic’s Fetish: Slavoj Žižek and the Dynamics of Belief”, International Journal of Zizek Studies, Volume 1, 2004, BE |
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+Perhaps the absence of a detailed practical roadmap in Žižek’s political writings isn’t |
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+AND |
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+comforting fiction (“Capitalist commodity fetishism or the truth? I choose fetishism.”). |
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+Role of the ballot is to reject capitalism |
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+Young people rejecting capitalism is a necessary first step—fighting against the neoliberal order is sufficient—critique comes before reform. |
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+Henry Giroux 11 American scholar and cultural critic. One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, he is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, “Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy”, Truthout, 28 Feb 2011, BE |
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+At the heart of such public spaces is a formative culture that creates citizens who |
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+by the tawdry promises and failed returns of corporate dominated and authoritarian regimes. |