Communism(Con) v Capitalism(Pro)

-- I would like to remind both Pro and the voters that, as I stated in the Comments Section, I could not post the remaining of my arguments in time and so I shall do so now. I ask the voters to omit this small unforeseen setback. --Pros of Communism Communism is the belief in equality in the world. It's the belief that the state and their elected officials, who represent the people, must provide to its citizens all the basic needs in life. People aren't categorized by their wealth and thus separated and labeled as lower class citizens. It's the fond belief that, everyone, is entitled to work and make a living. Pro claims that Capitalism serves human nature by allowing to take 'bold and stupid measures', Frankly, this is no priority for the average middle-class citizen who wants to keep up with the ever-rising cost of life. And Communism allows just that. The state, once famously refered as the "Evil Empire" in a grotesque attempt to dehumanize the Soviet Union, provided full employment, guaranteed pensions, paid maternity leave, limits on working hours, free healthcare and education (including higher education), subsidized vacations, inexpensive housing, low-cost childcare, subsidized public transportation. [1] Communism is putting in place the mesures that prevent ordinary people from going bankrupt because of, illness, for example. Pro claims that Communism constrain the will and tells you how to run your life. Unless he can clearly elucidate this claim I refuse to address it. Rebuttals of Pro's Rebuttals to my Rebuttals, (Yes, it's getting complicated) Pro states that "Communism fails, straight up fails. Never in the world has it ever succeded" Again Pro fails to provide a clear source to explain why he believes such unfounded forthright statement, which is one of the main necessities in debating. Also, Pro claims that communism killed 'almost 100 million people' this is easily arguable. Some leaders have indeed comitted atrocious crimes but that cannot be labeled as communism's fault. For instance, Joseph Stalin is rumoured to be an atheist, he did kill millions. So following Pro's logic, Atheism is responsible for their deaths and thus atheism is a 'killer'. Sure, brutal dictators have harbored Communism while commiting despicable crimes, but the exact same applies to capitalism. Furthermore, Pro argues that dropping the economic aspect of communism in China has been beneficial, I would argue the exact opposite. Today, in a capitalist China, an astonishing 67.8% (902 million people) of the population lives with less than 5 dollars a day, moreover, 157 million people live under the poverty line of 1.25$ per day. [2] Adopting capitalism has created terrible conditions for millions of chinese citizens.Recognition of the Individual Humans can become very greedy, indeed. But not to the extent in which we're currently living, surprisingly, an experiment has demonstrated that subjects were ready to offer sums of money to avoid seeing complete strangers receiving electrical shocks. It is the system, not the individual, that is greedy. The current capitalist system forces individuals to focus primarly, and uniquely, on themselves [3]. The 67 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the world's poorest 3.5 billion people. A small group of individuals should never be as rich as billions. Contrary to popular belief, communism does reward harder working individuals, but not to the extent of depriving billions of the necessities of life. Why communism will failSo, Pro asserts that communism 'has never and will never succeed', first of all saying that communism has never succeeded is subjective. Just ask the former citizens of the Soviet Union, who experienced both capitalism and communism, and majoritely stated that life was better in the Soviet Union...[4] Secondly saying it will never succeed is mere speculation. Furthermore, Pro argues that to democracy is the savior of broken ex-communist countries. Again that is not true, only 35% of Ukranians, for instance, approve the switch to democracy. I will now adress Pro's argument regarding the two, remaining communist countries. Cuba is currently the victim of an embargo so strict that the vast majority of the nations in the world asked to be lifted. This is a solid proof of the United States, isolating, and attempting to destroy every nation that opt towards communism. As to North Korea, harsch sanctions are imposed on the country which prohibits its national developement. Moreover Pro strangely claims that The USSR did not engage in any 'crucial things' during the Space Race. That statement is extremely erroneous, the most significant breakthroughs in mankind's space exploration history came from the Soviets. In addition, I would like to remind Pro that the United States voluntarly dragged a destructed post-WWII nation to a costly, ressource-consuming arms race. Had the U.S and the Soviet Union never confronted, communism would be one of the world's key socio-economic system. Lastly, Pro refuses to accept my source merely because he does not recognize it. I oppose this concept 'I've never seen this, thus I will not accept its validity'. The concept of not being at the whim of the economy and the Stock Markets is unfamiliar to westerners, but it's possible. The state can offer stability as to not regularly fall into recession, or depression, which is what occured in The Soviet Union.My Concluding Statements:Communism is a system that favors the working class. It's a system that values individuals higher than property or wealth. It's a system that does not value individuals by their impact on the economy. Pro refers Communism as a failure, yet under communism, the soviets received full employement and plethora of other benefits that are denied to citizens in corporations-controlled democracies. Capitalism is millions of Americans working long, extensive hours at only 7.25$ (minimum wage that multinationals could easily afford to raise, but, again, money is the priority), or the astonishing 46 million americans who live in poverty. In the richest country on the planet. How can this system be considered more of a success than communism?My sources for this argument were : [1] http://www.rand.org...[2] http://databank.worldbank.org... from the World Bank[3] http://www.theguardian.com...[4] http://www.gallup.com...