Economic competition results in numerous innovations that improve all of our lives

My round 4 argument will consist of my final rebuttals and my conclusion. …In its purest form, it is the only system that has worked. It is the only way in recorded history through which people have bettered themselves… As far as I'm concerned, the fact that there is no system better than Capitalism in place anywhere in the world is not a logical argument that Capitalism is a good socioeconomical system. History is full of systems and ideas that we look back on and cringe at. Leeches in medicine? Earth is flat? Earth is the centre of the universe? I purpose that Capitalism is one of these systems. …There are many infinite resources - trees for example. As long as the cutting down and production of trees is less than that of their growth, they will be infinite… (1) Yet: 90% of West Africa's forests are gone. 90% of Madagascar's forests are gone. 88% of South Asia's forests are gone. In Central America 40% of its forests have been lost in the last 40 years. As of 2007 only 1% of Haiti's forests remain. And it goes on and on. I conclude that a LACK OF FORESIGHT due to GREED is the cause of these problems. …it is simply the division of labour throughout borders, and as our world grows closer and our economies become intertwined it becomes even less of a problem…. …But you can't. I honestly did not set this debate out with the plan to use the semantics of the argument to win, however as you have, I shall. There is no possible way to prove that capitalism has not benefited the lives of everyone… My opponent is correct in saying the world is growing closer. He is also correct when he says that I cannot prove that Capitalism has not benefited the lives of everyone. However, I do conclude that there is a flaw in his logic. He states many times, providing (somewhat cryptic) graphs and flows charts showing that poorer people are less poor in Capitalist countries. I don't deny this. However, the world being as it is now, as its "grown closer" and our economies have "becomes intertwined", it's hard for him to argue that the things we are doing in our fabulous Capitalist societies aren't effecting people all around the world. Take my tree statistics above. Africa is a very poor group of countries. Their resources have been PLUNDERED. Their governments are largely CORRUPT and their people are UNHAPPY. I purpose that our societies have profited from plundering the natural resources from all over the world, with little or no thought of the FUTURE of the Native people. …It means that your governemnt and the New Zealand government had price controls, regulations and minimum wage laws that have driven companies elsewhere… Indeed. Why have these poor Corporations been forced offshore? MAXIMUM PROFIT. The best interests of workers don't even come into the picture, ie. NO ACCOUNTABILITY. …There's no such thing as "free" healthcare. .. I purpose that healthcare (2) and education (3) can be provided to everyone cheaply without doctors and teachers being disadvantaged. …The consumers have total power… Customers have some power. My opponent never mentioned CEOs or Stockholders having any power or say. I purpose that customers have some power, but the ultimate power lies with the people who will receive the profit, not the people who receive the product. …No, it gives EVERY individual the opportunity to make as much money as they want… I purpose that people who have money have more opportunity to make more money than people who have nothing. …There should be no economic laws… Huh? In conclusion, you will have notice I put some of the words of my final rebuttals in capitals. FORESIGHT GREED PLUNDERED CORRUPT UNHAPPY FUTURE MAXIMUM PROFIT NO ACCOUNTABILITY These are the words I relate to Capitalism. It is a system which focuses more on NOW and less on TOMORROW. Yes, it worked for thousands of years, then we had this little thing called the Industrial Revolution (4). Things became bigger and faster. Resources like fuel started getting burnt at a ridiculous rate. People started multiplying as the standard of living improved. Things grew exponentially. Capitalism stops working with people have too much money, because they have to much power. I purpose that Capitalism is an archaic system which is inhuman, undemocratic and unsustainable (5) and I believe my arguments show proof of all of these statements. Let me close with one final analogy. Capitalism is to the world like Crystal Meth is to the brain. I don't want my world burnt out. Vote CON (1) . http://en.wikipedia.org... (2) . http://en.wikipedia.org... (3) . http://en.wikipedia.org... (4) . http://en.wikipedia.org... (5) . http://www.counterpunch.org...