That Democratic Socialism is a good System

In his defense of the capitalist ownership model, the con claims that business owners are justified in exercising totalitarian control their workers as the workers "consented" to the authority when the signed their contract. The key word here is consent. Consent implies that the decision has been made voluntarily, however in a market system where people must work for a wage in order to afford the basic means by which to live. This means that in order to survive, people must accept a virtual dictatorship in the workplace. If your options are to either submit or starve, then you do not have a real choice.The next claim made by the con is that business owners are justified in holding absolute authority over their workers as the business owner "created jobs." He further claims businesses and governments should praise business owners for employing people. This demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of basic economics on the part of the con. Jobs are created when an enterprise provides a product which is in demand and when people have enough money to buy said product or service. In order for jobs to be created in a certain industry, there must be demand for that product, this, in turn, increases the demand for labor. Business owners do not arbitrarily decide to create jobs. Moreover, it should be argued that workers, not business owners, should be praised as they are the ones who create the wealth which keeps the economy running. The con reiterates his claim that businesses would not be started in a democratic socialist society because "...there will be no money to be made, as they (entrepreurs) will have to forgo their profits and stocks to the workers..." This is a complete misrepresentation of how a worker co-op works. Worker co-ops, the main form of social ownership which I call for, profits ared distributed in a manner derived from the ammount of labor performed. To claim no one would make money is simply false, the only difference is that the money would be made by all the workers, rather than the single owner or board of directors.On the issue of nationalization, the con first claims that the example of British Steel should be disregarded, as British Steel was privatized in 1988, and he claims that this was because it was "not working." This is false. While British Steel had been in a production slump, at the end of the 1970s, by 1985 British steel production had recovered. The reason Thatcher privatized British Steel was to reduce the power that the steel workers union had over the government.The con then goes on to point out various economic issues in other nations which have nationalized industries, however he does not give any reason or evidence as to how these various economic issues are linked to nationalization. He points out how many of these nations have high levels of poverty, however all of the nations he highlights this in are developing nations, in the so-called "third world." Many of these nations have economies which are centered around oil, and globally, oil-based economies are in recession due to the oversaturation of the oil market which began in 2014, and recently accelerated this year. This is the reason for the economic crisis in Venezuela, a nation in which oil makes up 96% of oil exports. The con ignores this however, and blames the crisis on socialism, even though economists are in agreement that the crisis is the result of low oil prices. This is identical to the situation in Brazil.In the case of Argentina, the high inflation is the result of rapid economic growth across the board, in an attempt to replicate the growth seen in China.On Bolivia, the Con claims that "Inflation has smashed the economy...since the 1970s." While inflation was a major hinderance to development for many years, it should be noted that the Con's own source (Wikipedia) also state "...recent years the fundamentals of its economy have showed unexpected improvement, leading major credit rating agencies to upgrade Bolivia's economic rating in 2010." It also pointed out that inflation has come under control ever since President Evo Morales (a socialist) began implementing policies to help curb inflation after he took office in 2006.He claims Ecuador has undergone coups in the past, however, this is in no way linked to nationalization, as the two are completely unrelated. Furthermore, the last coup d'etat in Argentina was in 1972 and the country has been a functioning democracy since 1979. The socialists, meanwhile, did not come to power until 2006.He also critiques my claim that nationalization or municipalization of power companies allows for a transition to renewables by pointing out the state-owned OIL companies in the nations previously mentioned had not transitioned to renewables. It would be illogical for an oil company to transition to renewable and so this argument is utter nonsense. The companies being municipalized were electrical providers, not extraction corporations.The Con claims that the findings of the Princeton study are untrue, as "...the politicians do actually want to be elected again!" This shows that con has completely ignored the entirety of the study which found that politicians will only do what the wealthy and business elites support as they are the ones which finance the campaigns of these politicians. Because of the role that money plays in politics in the US election system, politicians effectively ignore the actual will of the people as money is the number one determining factor in who wins American elections.Next, the con claims that "...what is good for the corporations is ultimately good for its workers." This is simply nonsense. Policies such as outsourcing, layoffs, pay and benefits cuts, union busting, and price gouging are terrible for workers, yet are wonderful for corporations, as it allows them to maximize their profits. And contrary to the Con's belief, corporations are not altruistic institutions. Corporations will use extra profits to line the pockets of the corporate owners, not benefit local communities. They exist to serve one goal: to make profit and line the pockets of its owners. Workers are simply a means to an end under capitalism.The Con condescendingly believes that I do not know what soicalism means, and provides me with a definition from Merriam Webster dictionary. The first problem with this is the con seems to believe that I do not know my own ideology, which is simply condescending and offensive. The second issue with this is that the definitions on what I define as socialilsm were clarified in round one, and supported my definition by referencing an actual socialist organization, Democratic Socialists of America. The Con seemed to accept this in round 2 and responded to my actual arguments, however now he is reverting back to his original, incorrect definition of socialism. This is an informal fallacy called "moving the goal posts." This is an attempt to give the con an unfair advantage in the debate and is a clear conduct violation.Finally, in his fourth paragraph, the con agrees to drop the debate concerning equality of opportunity vs outcome, however in his final paragraph, he attacks my request to drop the argument. He is attempting to blame me for highlighting a strawman and in doing so violates his own agreement to end debate on that topic. This is yet another violation of conduct.http://www.economicissues.org.uk...http://www.forbes.com... http://www.nytimes.com...