Socialism is better than capitalism

The majority of my debate will focus around the ideals of capitalism, and socialism, because my defence of socialism has no real examples to draw from, since no real socialist system every existed.1. Social Inequality is minimised. The vast collection of capital would not be allowed in a true socialist state, while capitalism would promote the acquirement of "excessive wealth." In preventing the rise of a higher class there would no longer be a system in which people with far more capital would be able to exploit those with far less capital. An example of such an instance would be the exploitation of minimum wage factory workers, by an employer. The employer in the capitalist state would have free reign to control the worker, by threatening to cut the worker off from the "subsistence capital" that they need. The worker then has no such way to advance in society due to the fact that all capital would be going to the survival of said worker. Therefore the system of the capitalist exploiting the worker would go on perpetually. Also in a capitalistic state, unions would not be allowed, and would be labeled as "socialist." In a socialist state the employer would have all excess profits be diverted to the worker so that the worker would have capital to both subsist, and to better themselves, and thus break the chain of exploitation.2.Political freedom would be better preserved. The capitalistic system of allowing complete economic freedom is inherently damaging to the freedom of the people without capital. In socialism money would not be equated with power or freedom, but would be treated as a simple medium of exchange. For example in a capitalistic society a worker exists. that worker is relatively poor while his neighbor is vastly wealthy. the worker if he desires to run for political office would be allowed to, but in the event that his rich neighbor wished to also run for election, but was not as qualified, would still be able to win simply due to his vast amount of "capital influence." The socialist state would not allow such blatant exploitation, and would allow both people the same opportunity to voice their opinions, without one of them skewing the results of popular opinion by using capital. In this way political freedom is guaranteed, while capitalism reserves the guarantee of political freedom to the person or group of people with the most capital.3.Rights in general would be better preserved. For example in the capitalist system the court system would be run by the state. the court would then be influenced by the people with the most capital, through things such as better lawyers, while the people with less capital would be at an inherent disadvantage. Therefore freedom and equality would not exist. In a socialist system the courts would be run by the state, and would not allow the expenditure of capital to influence decisions, because the use of capital for judicial means is strictly prohibited by he socialist state.4.The economy would be better. In a capitalist state the fortunes of the economy and thus the lives of the worker are in the hands of the few, while socialism would give the reigns to all. For example any economy in existence exists with the rules of supply and demand. The capitalist system lowers it's own demand by reducing the number of people with capital, by incessantly creating a wealth gap. this is evident by the fact that when poverty increases demand decreases. Capitalism has no solution to this problem. The only solution is a socialist solution. That is to say to re divert excess capital to those that needed it. Therefore people that previously provided no demand, now have the ability to create demand, through spending their capital. This then forces supply to go up, and therefore the means of production must increase. This means that unemployment decreases, and the productivity of the state also increases.Works Cited:No sources were needed