Capitalism is superior to Communism/Socialism

Rebuttal: My opponent resorts to his own opinion as evidence within his first argument. He claims that all states that follow Socialism are states that we would not like to live in, he also claims that " they're all just about the worst places in the world", with no factual evidence. It is rather apparent that most of the evidence in my opponent's first argument is derived from opinion, not fact. Russia, one of the most powerful nations on the planet, follow socialism. It has a reasonably powerful economy, a powerful military, and its citizens enjoy the freedom that is equivalent to the U.S. My opponent also claims that "The Peoples Republic Of China" China as most of us now, is one of the "worst" places to live in. But China has boasted the 2'nd most powerful economy on the planet, with effective economic policies. I would like to reinforce the fact, that every single thing in his first argument is opinionative. In his second paragraph, he proclaims that the "The Populist Revolution In Spain" is a communist movement. My opponent seems to have forgotten our debate topic, which is "Capitalism is superior to Socialism". That is not the only fault in his argument, but "The Populist Revolution In Spain" was an Anarchist movement which resulted in Libertarian Socialism. Its political foundations were not related to Socialism or Communism at all. He also claims that the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" wanted to overthrow the Tsar and establish an autonomous state which followed communism. The entire constitution which they established was founded of "Marxism-Leninism" which resulted in the entire soviet union being a single party state. My opponent claims that Lenin became a Dictator, which is false. The entire revolution's goal was to establish a single party state. Which my opponent fails to address, but instead of saying that the people willingly "chose" Lenin, he calls him a dictator. Joseph Stalin was rightfully elected to the position, following Lenin's death. Chairman Mao, was much like Lenin. He was rightfully chosen/placed into his position by the people. Chairman Mao, never ordered the killing of 50 million. At the time China was struggling economically. But Chairman Mao also doubled the life span of an average Chinese citizen by 40 years. My opponent Also then goes on to say that every time a Socialist state is established it is turned into a dictatorship. Which is completely false. Let us take "The Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka", which is a state that has been Socialist for over 50 years. This state is a prime example of a nation that has not been turned into a dictatorship. I would like my opponent to address this if possible. My opponent further rambles on about, my faults in my previous argument which will be addressed in my arguments. My opponent concludes his arguments by questioning Singapore's political ideology which makes one wonder, what political ideology does Singapore hold? Singapore is attcully a Socialist state, which proves my opponent to be very misleading. Singapore is rather an amazing example of a Socialist state. It has amazing public services while modeling free-market capitalism. In conclusion of this rebuttal, my opponent has poorly researched his arguments. Most of them being false, he has instead resorted to his own opinion in most scenarios in his argument. Sources for rebuttal: http://hdr.undp.org... http://libcom.org... http://www.independent.co.uk... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.writing.upenn.edu... https://www.marxists.org... https://www.quora.com... http://www.atimes.com... First Argument, Socialism, would result in a more equal justice system. The capitalist legal system has carried out numerous in-justices. It's injustice is countless, from racial profiling to deaths in custody, to corporations hiding profits to evade tax. The police act as guards for the purpose of this rather than the protectors of people. The leaks of the Panama papers, mostly contain capitalist businessmen and western politicians. But there are very little Socialist business people in the leaks. This is a prime example of Socialism being more equal, in terms of tax justice than capitalist nations. Second Argument, Socialism allows more market signals and personal freedom can be more supreme to a capitalist. Jude Wanniski stated "Capitalism did not fail in the Great Depression because profit was burdened with social concerns. It failed because the capitalist ruling class saw an opportunity to increase its profits by an increase in the protective tariff" using its political muscle to push Smoot-Hawley through the Republican Congress and persuade President Hoover to sign the legislation. This was a blatant intervention in the market, not for the usual purpose of increasing government revenues, but to engineer a social outcome desired by Big Business" This could be said for Wall ST. banks last decade - those who have had the greater benefit during the hardest of times. If a socalist state where in order, everyone could have had greater potentail for it would be near imposible to cheat out the system. My first argument explained the equivalency that Socialism can bring to all of us, it can bring justice for all. My second argument explained how people can cheat the capitalist system, and how that would be rather hard if it where a socialist state. Now I conclude my debate, thanks for reading! Sources for arguments: http://www.tandfonline.com... https://socialistworker.co.uk... https://www.marxists.org... http://theliberaltony.tumblr.com... http://www.forbes.com...