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Rights Malthus, The Best Argument Ever.

What is it. - Rights Malthus is based on the idea that the crunch is inevitable since resources are finite. The Crunch is multifaceted (global warming, spieces loss, overpopulation, pollution, deforestation etc.) - When the Crunch comes states will go authoritarian to manage resources. Two reasons to prefer transitioning to authoritarianism now - Prevents worse environmental collapse and extinction because authoritarian govs can manage resources. - Prevents worse authoritarian governments. Reasons why you should run rights malthus - the inevitability claim - you can use it to answer everything (A2 Free Trade Good, Democracy Good, Objectivism, Rights Good) - Its fun to be evil **Side Note Debate is a game. It has nothing to do with advocacy and all education is secondary. I have many doubts about the advantages to activism in debate but debate encourages people to win. If your going to win, you do whatever you can to win. Switch Sides Debate is good, you should challenge all of our assumptions. And youll piss people off. The Critique Portion Ultimate Liberty = Ultimate Evil. Requiem For Modern Politics. Win the inevitability claim and you usually win. Its a lot easier than Malthus. Generic no crunch cards bad. The Tech Debate. Tech prevents the crunch, New energy, Agriculture, Space colonization. - Science is decreasing - Human fallibility - Too Many Problems at Once - Heat Pollution. Demographic Debates Population Projects Fail - They Do Work - Predictions arguments link to aff Link Debate. Democracy - Co-opts radical change - No Market incentive for change - Cant respond to multiple problem at the same time Other Links Reproductive Rights Free Speech Rights Agamben/Foucault/State Bad Population Management Things You Cant Answer with Rights Malthus Capitalism Bad/CLS

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FILE NAME Know Your Judge Klinger And Greenstein good, Aldrete and Wanye Tang bad Sell it Know the effects your language have on how the judges view your argument. - For example, Not Death Check but Population Check or Population Correction Not advocating killing people; No Sir! Just not helping them. - Be Professional! No one likes goony Malthus debaters. But dont back down! If you treat the argument like a bad one, the judge will evaluate it like a bad one Common Arguments Its Racist A) Inevitability/Worse Authoritarianism B) Future Generations C) Generic Consequences Good (David Cummiskey, Kantian Consequentialism) D) Promoting Democracy is Racist Leaders wont Change FIRST, IT DOESNT MATTER HOW BAD THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT A) THE ELECTIONS IN 2008 WONT BE SUSPENDED EVEN IF AMERICA BECOMES LESS DEMOCRATIC BUSH CANT RUN AGAIN B) THE CRUNCH FORCES CHANGE EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT ISNT ENVIRONMENTALIST IT WILL SOMEDAY BE FORCED TO RESPOND TO THE CRUNCH. AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS WILL RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY C) CONDITIONING WE HAVE TO END THE CULTURE OF INDIVIDUALISM TO SURVIVE, AS PER OUR OPHULS EVIDENCE ANY AUTHORITARIANISM WILL HELP PREPARE US FOR SACRIFICE EVEN IF CHANGE IS UNLIKELY, VOTE NEGSOCIETY WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE WHEN CONDITIONS BECOME INTOLERABLEAUTHORITARIAN SOCIETIES WILL SIMPLY BE MORE EFFECTIVE AUTHORITARIANS POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT THIS DOESNT APPLY THE FAILURE OF PAST REGIMES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT DOESNT ANSWER RIGHTS MALTHUS

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A) HISTORY ALL OF THEIR EXAMPLES OCCURRED IN A TIME OF WORLD-WIDE INDUSTRIALIZATION. SINCE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTS, FUTURE REGIMES WONT NEED RAPID, DIRTY GROWTH B) SPEED EVEN IF AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOME WAYS, THE CRUNCH IS INEVITABLE REGARDLESS. AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE MORE SUITED TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE C) TRY OR DIE ALL OF OUR DEMOCRACY BAD ARGS APPLY DEMOCRACIES ARE CAUSING THE CRUNCH, BUT THERES AT LEAST A RISK THAT AUTHORITARIANISM SOLVES PAST ENVIRONMENTAL FAILURES DONT PROVE THAT AUTHORITARIANISM IS BAD AUTHORITARIAN STATES GET RESULTS