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THE 1AC HAS NO ANSWERS. THEY ONLY REINFORCE CIVILIZATION’S DEVOLUTION TOWARD DEHUMANIZING, ECOCIDAL CATASTROPHE, RESULTING IN EXTINCTION. VOTE NEGATIVE TO REJECT THE AFFIRMATIVE’S USE OF CIVILIZATION IN FAVOR OF PRIMITIVISM. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE EXTINCTION BEFORE CIVILIZATION CAUSES IT.

John ZERZAN 6 | primitivist philosopher, author, Green Anarchy editor | “SEIZE THE DAY” | []

Questions and ideas can only become currents in the world insofar as reality, external and internal, makes that possible. . . such a judgment can undo the death-machine before destruction and domestication inundate everything.

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THE AFF’S ATTEMPT AT REFORM IS THE BEST FRIEND OF CIVILIZATION.

ZERZAN 5 | “FERAL” | []

We exist in a landscape of absence wherein real life is steadily being drained out by debased work. . . Earth First! recognizes that domestication is the fundamental issue (e.g. that agriculture itself is malignant) but many of its partisans cannot see that our species could become wild.

ECO-CATASTROPHE WILL BE SUDDEN. THE AFF ONLY DEEPENS THE PROBLEM.

ZERZAN 6 | “SEIZE THE DAY”

As Sahlins pointed out (1977), the more complex societies become, the less they are able to cope with challenges. . . The "dark side" of progress stands revealed as the definitive face of modern times.

BIOSPHERIC CRISIS IS DEEPENING AT A HORRIFYING PACE. EXTINCTION IS INEVITABLE WITHOUT THE ALTERNATIVE.

ZERZAN 2 | “WHY PRIMITIVISM?” | []

The general crisis is rapidly deepening in every sphere of life. . . With disenchantment comes a growing sense that something different is urgently needed.

PRIMITIVISM IS THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS.

ZERZAN 2 | “WHY PRIMITIVISM?”

It is here that a primitivist alternative has begun to emerge, in theory and in practice. . . revolution can only be redefined against progress.41

ONLY THE ALTERNATIVE SOLVES CASE. THE 1AC IMPACTS ARE INEVITABLE WITHOUT IT.

ZERZAN 8 | “THE LEFT? NO THANKS!” | []

The primitivist perspective draws on indigenous, pre-domestication wisdom. . . We are seeing the beginnings of this challenge now, past the false claims of technology, capital, and the culture of postmodern cynicism––and past the corpse of the Left, and its extremely limited horizons.