socialism

Rebuttal 1: My opponent has made a misunderstanding in his history. The USSR was a communist state, not a socialist one. The difference between socialism and communism are small, but significant in that socialism allows for some free-market practices (a capitalistic function, by the way), whereas communism seeks communal ownership of everything and not allowing any free-market idealisms whatsoever. If my opponent is trying to make an argument that socialism is well shown by the USSR, then this is pretty much a vote for the CON in a red ribbon considering that one of the main reasons that the Soviet Union fell in 1989 was because of communism and its inability to keep people content. Communism hasn't worked anywhere in the world whereas capitalism and our mixed market, although it has had it's own set of downslopes from time to time like the Great Depression, we have always been able to get back on our feet and fix our economy through the proper functioning of the mixed market. I'll elaborate when I get to Rebutta 4. Rebuttal 2: I completely agree that the US Constitution is based on the idealisms of John Lock and his Two Treatises of Government. What my opponent still fails to explain is how our mixed market has failed to maintain his ideals. I've explained how correct functioning of the mixed market has been able to aid states like Texas and Louisiana in providing jobs for the people, thus allowing them to become self-sufficient and prosperous. Rebuttal 3: At the very least, what my opponent could provide are some historical pieces of evidence how protests are going to take down our mixed market. At the very least, what my opponent could provide is some strong theoretical evidence showing how the OWS movements are going to strip us completely of the mixed market and establish socialism. My opponent provides absolutely nothing of the sort. All he does it provide this great slippery slope that OWS is beyond a shadow of a doubt change our mixed market to socialism and has absolutely nothing to provide some sort of foundation for that. No evidence. Not even a personal analysis providing how the OWS is going to take the mixed economy down alongside some small bits of evidence. It's just a total conclusion with no basis. Plase extend my point about him not having any foundation for this. Rebuttal 4: And then to add to the last baseless claim, he makes another baseless claim about capitalism being the main cause of the Great Depression. What caused the Great Depression was the failure of banks resulting out of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, which itself came from no subsidizing or bailouts by the government. The Great Depression came as a result of poor execution of our market economy, not because of capitalism itself. Like I said, it's a game, and if you play your cards right, it will work just fine. And guess what? As soon as the need for machine guns, tanks, and other sorts of army equipment increased in demand, we were able to get the economy back on our feet through the function of capitalism and our mixed market. What does it prove? Capitalism WORKS. I dare anyone to find one country that hasn't had its share of ups and down. Capitalism is the exact same way? What's the difference between failures in capitalism and communism? Capitalism can get out of it. Communism hasn't worked anywhere. Socialism MAY work, but because it's never been practiced, it's questionable, and my opponent doesn't provide any theoretical evidence about why it would work either.