What is a Kritik? K Myths o Whoever understands the lit better will win It is a debate arg.

. The philosophical lit is useless if it cant be transfereed o More cards is not necessarily better o You dont want to mystify people in the 1NC o Alt does something It doesnt do shit Whether or not the aff should happen o Ks are completely unlike CPs or DAs Compelling enough to reject the affirmative The alternative is like a CP o You have to win the link and the impact Purpose of the link is to prove that the aff is problematic o Two kinds Plan based directly towards the proposed policy option Advantage based Impacts o Kritik just has to outweigh the aff for the neg to win How the neg outweighs Two components Framing issues o Way to prioritize the impacts over the affs o Big ones Ontology Study of being Flawed way of being with the world Epistemology o Any evaluation of impacts that happens outside of the chosen realm, should not be accepted Alt o Wants to build political change o It has to fix the problems outline by the link o Alt solves the aff is more for advantage based links Neg How-To o Have 2NC Blocks prepped out Specific Link arguments Lot easier to win if you respond to the actual aff you are debating Specific link in the 1NC Have analytic links based on the affs evidence o Read an offending quote from the aff evidence and show how it violates Ways to kill the perm How many there are, what they are o Ask about them early in CX