Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: Stahp | Judge: Stahp
Democracy has an illusory effect that allows the ruling elite to maintain power excluding the “lesser”
Marlinspike and Hart (1)
(Moxie, Windy. “An Anarchist Critique of Democracy.” November 1, 2005. http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/moxie-marlinspike-and-windy-hart-audio-anarchy-radio-an-anarchist-critique-of-democracy.)
"Whatever freedoms... undemocratic"
Democracy reinforces power relationships by stripping people of their freedom
Marlinspike and Hart (2)
(Moxie, Windy. “An Anarchist Critique of Democracy.” November 1, 2005. http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/moxie-marlinspike-and-windy-hart-audio-anarchy-radio-an-anarchist-critique-of-democracy.)
"Society thus... around you"
Democracy allows for absolute tyranny by allowing the state to self-justify its actions
Marlinspike and Hart (3)
(Moxie, Windy. “An Anarchist Critique of Democracy.” November 1, 2005. http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/moxie-marlinspike-and-windy-hart-audio-anarchy-radio-an-anarchist-critique-of-democracy.)
"By always... the majority opinion"
The inherent problem of exclusion because of democracy promotes the harms of the state of exception and homo sacer.
Agamben (1) explains the State of Exception and the Homo Sacer
(Giorgio Agamben. Professor of philosophy at university of Verona, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Stanford University Press Stanford California 1998. Translated by Daniel Heller-Roazen.)
"This sphere... homo sacre"
2.Impact
Agamben (2) explains impacts of being the Homo Sacer
(Giorgio Agamben. Professor of philosophy at university of Verona, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Stanford University Press Stanford California 1998. Translated by Daniel Heller-Roazen.)
"The Concept... homo sacre"
And, the the state of exception was the same mindset which justified concentration camps, and justifies everything.
Agamben (3)
(Giorgio Agamben. Professor of philosophy at university of Verona, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Stanford University Press Stanford California 1998. Translated by Daniel Heller-Roazen.)
"The camp... space ever"
3. ALT
Reject all ideologies of democracy