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Governments should switch from capitalism to socialism due to technological advances

One source predicts that one third of the jobs will be replaced by robots by 2025 [1]. It is almost undoubted that machines are capable of taking over human jobs. Artificial intelligence has improved and it may reach the level of human intelligence soon. Baxter the robot is capable of doing variety of jobs. It can still be developed and advanced. It operates tasks around 1/10 of a speed of a human would. Although it doesn't function as fast as a human would, the cost of operation is much more smaller than the minimum wage. ($8 per hour compared to few cents for electricity) With correct programming, machines would be more reliable, efficient than humans and will take over many human jobs since the Free Market says so. (assuming that all people are rational and would try to go for as much economic gains as possible) And Many people would be unemployed. Jobs such as telemarketers, cashiers, taxi drivers, bookkeepers, writers, journalists, and umpires are most likely going to by automated in 20 years. [2] There are millions of people working in these fields, so it is not an individual problem. Without jobs, the unemployed are not able to make money. The rich would get richer, and the poor would get more poor. Although technology will have improved in the future, not all people will receive benefits from the advances because they would not have enough money. (free market economy predicts that people go for the most financial gains) So who should solve this problem.....? It is the government. The (recent) government was created so people would face no or little inequality It is the government's job to give people natural rights. It is the government's job so that people in the worst situations still would have a decent standard of living. It is the government's job to prevent any inequalities that may happen. It is the government's job to achieve the highest standard of living for ALL citizens. Socialism can provide a solution to the wealth disparity that may happen in the future. Wealth redistribution will guarantee that all citizens will receive enough basic needs such as food, shelter, health care, for survival. (As long as there are enough resources, and there is and will most likely will be due to the Agricultural Revolution) There will be more resources in the future with technological advances. Capitalism will likely thwart all citizens from benefiting from the technological advances (with growing wealth disparity). Socialism can prevent this problem and therefore governments should switch from capitalism to socialism in the future. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com... [2] http://www.npr.org...
Biblical Creationism is Incorrect

My opponent, who is currently engaged in another debate about the difficulty of playing the violin, appears to have posted the wrong argument in this debate. I won't hold it against him/her, and judges should not necessarily. However, there still remains no argument for Biblical Creationism from the Negative, even when they had a chance to do so in Round Three, and they cannot post a new argument in Round Four. However, I would love to see a rebuttal to my constructive in Round Four, and it is on the basis of that that judges should cast their vote in this debate.
Biblical Creationism is Incorrect

2P1: "Well, first off, the violin is an instrument where you have to find the correct note on the fingerboard, without any frets or indication of where the notes are. You have to get the notes in tune also, and that is not as easy as some other instruments. Most music for the violin is played extremely fast, with many notes being played within one beat. You have to shift your finger positions to play notes in high registers. And that's a whole different story with tuning. The right hand controls the bow, which needs to be played correctly and perpendicular to the length of the violin to make sound. The sound has to be warm, full, and clear, most of the time. There are various types of bow styles, including: legato, stacatto, spicatto, richochet, and many others. There is also vibrato, which is vibrating the notes you play to give them a good sound. I myself took time to get used to it. While you take time perfecting each hand's job, you have to play both simutaneously, and put the correct note down for each bow stroke. Violin players have to have good ears, to have good style and sense of music. A person playing guitar and a person playing violin is whole different story. The guitar is just chords, while violin is melodic notes. As a player who has won many scholarships at competitions, a player of five years, and currently at level 9, I can tell you violin is not an easy task. It requires talent, skill, and effort."1st. Clearly trolling.2nd. Non-topical.---Extend all my arguments.
Biblical Creationism is Incorrect

Well, first off, the violin is an instrument where you have to find the correct note on the fingerboard, without any frets or indication of where the notes are. You have to get the notes in tune also, and that is not as easy as some other instruments. Most music for the violin is played extremely fast, with many notes being played within one beat. You have to shift your finger positions to play notes in high registers. And that's a whole different story with tuning. The right hand controls the bow, which needs to be played correctly and perpendicular to the length of the violin to make sound. The sound has to be warm, full, and clear, most of the time. There are various types of bow styles, including: legato, stacatto, spicatto, richochet, and many others. There is also vibrato, which is vibrating the notes you play to give them a good sound. I myself took time to get used to it. While you take time perfecting each hand's job, you have to play both simutaneously, and put the correct note down for each bow stroke. Violin players have to have good ears, to have good style and sense of music. A person playing guitar and a person playing violin is whole different story. The guitar is just chords, while violin is melodic notes. As a player who has won many scholarships at competitions, a player of five years, and currently at level 9, I can tell you violin is not an easy task. It requires talent, skill, and effort.
The Biblical God Engineered the Fall of Man

Firstly, I shall establish a few traits of God demonstrated by Biblical versus. T1 - God is all-knowing.1 John 3:20" For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. " [1]Jeremiah 1:5"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. " [1]Hebrews 4:13"Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. " [1]T2 - God is the creator of all things. Colossians 1:16-17"16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. " [2]Secondly, I shall analyze the even in question. Today, we know more about the mind, and neurology, and that one's decisions are not made entirely on conscious level, and many of our decisions are even made subconsciously [3][4]. I am not suggesting that Eve's decision was subconscious, but we do know that our decisions are made within the confines of our brains. Free will, thought, and decision making are all things that exist as a result of the processes of the brain, and therefore, did not exists prior to the brain's creation by God (by T2). As such, these traits are fully designed by God who knows full well what decision-making mechanisms, and the results thereof, that he designed along with the brain (as per T1). Therefore, Eve's brain and mind were created by God who knowingly and intentionally put in place the mechanism that would ensure that Eve would disobey him. There is no "chance" with God, so all of his actions are intentional. To illustrate further, imagine that you have created a robot from nothing. Since nothing existed before hand, you must also create the programming for the robot for in to "live". If your knowledge was depthless about programming, as God's is with all things, you know exactly what processes will occur and what actions the robot will take a result of the algorithms that were designed. You will know all of the "decisions" that the robot will make. ConclusionThe decision-making processes of Eve were *entirely* created *and* known by God Himself (specifically, the mechanisms by which decision-making is based), so God is entirely responsible for the results of those processes. Sources[1] King James Bible Online - . http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org...[2] Biblehub. com - . http://biblehub.com...[3] News Medical - . http://www.news-medical.net...[4] Live Science - . http://www.livescience.com...
The Biblical God Engineered the Fall of Man

Expanded Resolution:I shall argue that the God of the Bible is fully responsible for and deliberately instigated the Fall of Man.Definitions:Fall of Man: The event of Original Sin pertaining to Adam and Eve as depicted in Genesis of the Bible.Rules:1. The Bible will be considered a valid source for this debate.Structure:Round 1 for acceptance only. The rest of the debate shall not follow any designated structure.
Roblox is not better then Mine craft

Con has forfeited this round and now I have a third statement to say. My opponent says on mine craft they talk about sexuality and they don't censure cursing. Here's what I have in store. Community of Roblox and its down fall Online daters: Boys and girls on roblox who want to date people who they don't know and have bad use of grammar. They are found in city games and hangouts. Hackers: People who hate themselves and have point of anything in there life who go to other child games and ruin the fun like script hacking and exploiting which can be found in group recruiting the plaza the worst place to recruit Spammers; Noobs who do the same thing over and over but never stop. Guest We all know guest are in roblox right but heres the thing guest on roblox are the most stupidest people you can ever found. Some guest like to spawn kill and do such and such like try to hack. A few are nice which are hard to find. Some people on roblox who have been banned dress up as guest so they can continue hacking or do stupid things. If you don't believe me I saw two guest kissing at a game once and they were boys and also each time I am in a building game they take their sword and spawn kill for no reason. I have been on roblox before and have heard people say guest are very stupid and such and such. So heres my opinion about guest. This is how I describe the community I also would say roblox censored bad words but can be still said. Players try to use the word @ or** and now ## so they can cover up cursing heres on example 'get ur the #### off' Which I heard one person in group recruiting say then when I went to duelist world I heard people using this ### is that a new thing or something like before no one says this #### now they are saying it. And I heard someone say the f word in my face. So cursing is not conserved.
Roblox is not better then Mine craft

Rebuttal Lets start to talk. First of all you say Jeb and Notch don't care about you how would you know in fact you talk about how mine craft is all about your money. In mine craft you only pay 30$ not so expensive pay no more but roblox you can play for free. And mine craft cares about your fun not money if it does care about money how come it does not ask you to pay 233$-400$ just for a year wow now that is what I call expensive. Mine craft has an educational value. You were saying on a serve that people were naked which can become a complete assumption of how you are saying mine craft is nasty. Some people who play roblox go to mine craft either because they hate it or because they just want to ruin a game. If you don't believe me that some people on roblox hack here's something for you when I was in group recruiting plaza this guy which I forgot his username said that he likes to hack mine craft. Naked people must be a cause of hacking from somebody else. Also you said The more players the more worse it is. In roblox I would say there are about 4 million players I think but the community is horrible. On mine craft there are over 9 million players but the community is much better and beats roblox by every point. You are also claiming people who play mine craft are people that are past the age of 18 which is a total assumption. There are some kids in my class that have mine craft the full game and they are only 10-11 even a girl in my class likes it. I even asked all most of my class mates and they say they would have chosen mine craft over roblox. Roblox causes viruses I can inform you on that. When I run the game my computer went slow and I had to buy another and my mom paid so much on that computer. Mine craft has more famous people like Skydoesminecraft, Tabuscus, Avatar gaming, and many more. They also have better music animations. When I go on YouTube I see no roblox famous people and stupid animations.
Roblox is not better then Mine craft

Minecraft : Making this post shows your utter stupidity, one game in different categorizes cannot be compared. I indeed play both of these game and enjoy it - so let me start out by saying this. An audience of users does not stand for anything. That's like saying a car is better than another because it's bigger, to a family of 3. Did you know, the bigger the audience, the more immature and stupid it becomes. Robloxians are rather lucky. You can be equally creative in ROBLOX as Minecraft - you can even program on both games. You do not need ROBLOX's membership to make a game on ROBLOX! Obviously, since both are different games, your point on the modes are null and void. You can play multiplayer on ROBLOX, as it is much easier. You do not need to pay for server hosting, which makes your point about Minecraft being 30$ and you can enjoy it forever, also null and void. Minecraft and ROBLOX are both games to have fun, if you didn't know. ROBLOX : How old do you think Minecraft players are on average? That age exceeds 18 maybe even higher than 25. The thing about Minecraft - they do not censor bad things, unlike ROBLOX. I was once on a server with my 7 year old brother, playing Minecraft. One player started talking sexually and everyone was naked. About copying games, since when did the terrain look like Minecraft's? As I never noticed, they may LOOK like Minecraft bricks, but what Minecraft bricks (besides bricks) have you seen so far. ROBLOX even makes building easier by letting you expand blocks around. Do you really think Notch or Jeb cares about you? Of course not, but they both make updates beneficial to the users - us. Minecraft is all about the money, if you didn't seem to know, how else could both companies even add a new update if they didn't run ads or sell BC. Shedletsky even said, the amount of people who pay them is so low, ROBLOX wouldn't last another year, without ads. Like I said, you don't need BC to play or make games. Some developers think ROBLOX is a good idea, and they can cancel it and stop paying anytime they wanted, never forget how you pay front up not once a month. You seriously made so many unconvincing points, I fear for your outcome.
Roblox is not better then Mine craft

Mine craft Hello opponent I am challenging you because I do not believe on your statement. Roblox and Mine craft are two different games made by two different people. Mine craft was created by Notch a person who took his time to make his game that is favored by about 10 million people while roblox was created by Tomas Woytko and roblox has only 4 million hits. Mine craft has more users then ever. Mine craft you have lots of freedom and you are able to do what ever you want and whatever you want. Once you buy the full game its yours and its only 30$ Mine craft has also won an award in 2010. In mine craft you can pick between 3 modes, hardcore, creative and survival. You can also pick multiplayer and single player. Mine craft was a game created to have fun. Roblox Roblox is a multiplayer game where you can create your own virtual world Cons Although for the most part roblox has been going to a down fall. The community is not kid friendly and its a game that would be for adults in that matter. My point is that the game is a game little children cannot play. I would advise 18 or up to play the game but by all means roblox should not be even made. Roblox administrators and group workers that make all the updates like to steal ideas from others. In the game there is a new update where you use terrain generator and there are bricks that are call high statistic. Those bricks are mine craft bricks it was not created by there idea it was copied off of mine craft. Here's another problem roblox moderates don't care about you and choose to let players do what ever they want. This is another reason there is a lack of community in roblox. Another reason is that roblox is all about money. Now they have added ads saying if you don't want these ads get BC. BC is roblox main priority not your fun. And people who want to buy a life time I do not recommend you buy it for any means matter. If you were that dumb and you buy BC you got your money cheated off because you should know life time is your whole life and why would you be playing roblox for your whole life till you die.
The US Embargo on Cuba should be Lifted

Cuba should be subject to sanctions because it is known to have repeatedly supported acts of terrorism. Cuba has been on the US "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list since 1982. The US State Department consistently finds evidence of Cuba's involvement in promoting violence, giving terrorists a safe haven, and harboring US fugitives. Members of the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA), a terrorist organization that operates in Spain, live in Cuba. Black Panther activist and convicted murderer Joanne Chesimard, known as Assata Shakur, is one of 90 or more criminals who fled the United States and received political asylum in Cuba. In 1996, Castro's military shot down two American civilian aircrafts, killing four people. Cuba is believed to have supported armed insurgencies in Latin America and Africa. Cuba has not demonstrated a willingness to negotiate in good faith with the United States. President Barack Obama stated in a Sep. 28, 2011 "Open for Questions" roundtable, "Now, what we've tried to do is to send a signal that we are open to a new relationship with Cuba" [W]e have to see a signal back from the Cuban government... in order for us to be fully engaged with them. And so far, at least, what we haven't seen is the kind of genuine spirit of transformation inside of Cuba that would justify us eliminating the embargo." Fidel Castro responded the following day by calling Obama "stupid" and saying, "Many things will change in Cuba, but they will change through our efforts and in spite of the United States. Perhaps that empire will fall first."
The US Embargo on Cuba should be Lifted

I thank the con for his response. The main problem with the argument which the con makes is that the con assumes the logical fallacy that: since Cuba has not yet adopted American values, continuing the embargo will somehow lead them to adopt American values. The main issues with this argument are the following: 1) The embargo in fact pushes Cuba and its people AWAY from American values. The embargo has been in effect for over 60 years with nothing to show for it, except for cold relations with Cuba. As I discussed in my opening argument, Cuba and America have a murky history together. America has served as a tyrannical figure throughout the history of Cuba, and as such America is viewed negatively by the Cuban people. Since the embargo effectively cuts Cuba off from any sort of significant American interaction or influences, the only symbols of the United States currently present in Cuba are those of the imperialist regime the US held in Cuba from the 19th-20th centuries, and the economic hardships which result from the US embargo. Thus, the embargo leaves NO positive images of the United States within Cuba, and, as such, rather than pushing Cuba towards US values, it is in fact pushing Cuba away from US values. 2) The embargo helps the Cuban government continue civil rights abuses by allowing the United States to serve as a scapegoat. Imagine living in a relatively closed in country, whose economic frailty is due largely to a powerful neighbor who, in your eyes, has been bullying your country for the last two centuries. This is the image that many Cubans have of America, and it is the image of the US that the government is able to publicize thanks to the US embargo. It is true that many of the economic difficulties in Cuba are caused by the US embargo; however, many of the difficulties in Cuba are also caused by its government, I do not dispute this fact. However, the embargo in fact ENHANCES these government abuses, because suddenly, the government can start blaming all of its own mishaps on the US embargo, and thus further anti-US sentiment within Cuba. Essentially, it is impossible for Cuba to develop a democratic system with American ideals in an embargo state. This is why it has not done so for the last 60 years under US embargo. If the US desires to spread its values to Cuba, then it must do so in an active and friendly manner, trying to restore the American image in the eyes of Cubans. The current status quo passive approach of simply letting Cuba sit there under US embargo and figure itself out is clearly ineffective, and instead of promoting democracy it is in fact pushing Cuba away from the path of democracy and into the hands of US rivals like China and Russia. The Con, thus, must prove why or how the US embargo in any way promotes US values in Cuba, given the above statements.
The US Embargo on Cuba should be Lifted

We can not possibly expect to have Cuba welcome and embrace our ideals if, for the last 150 years, we have been the source of the majority of the suffering and poverty in the nation. Let's first look at the reason communism even was able to develop in Cuba: Cuba was initially controlled by Spain, until the late 19th century, when Cuban rebels overthrew their Spanish rulers. The US still wanted to maintain power over Cuba, especially because it was lucrative for US businesses to grow cash crops there. As a result, the Cuban people removed one tyrannical power, Spain, only to have another, the US control them. The US did not allow Cuba to pass any legislation without its approval, and thus the Cuban government was not able to place restrictions on the ruthless US corporations which bought up all of the arable Cuban land and forced Cuba's citizens to work for below minimum wage. Thus, the ground became set for a communist uprising, because the the tyrannical rule of the US in Cuba gave Cubans a bad impression of capitalism and US influence. The embargo only furthers this poor impression, and if we ever hope to have Cuba embrace our ideals, it is vital that we establish a friendship with the island, by lifting the embargo.