Communism is better, in general, than Capitalism

In the last debate I had with LordKunckle, his sources always seemed to be a problem. I invite the voters to actually look at his sources, and see that all of them (with the exception of 7 & 8) are just general links to pages that may or may not refer to his arguments.Capitalism is better for people as a whole "Capitalism promotes healthy growth of society and safety from oppressions"Actually, Capitalism in its least socialist form is the breeding grounds of corruption. (1) It is also a great way to exploit the poor, via Tenant farming (2) and Discrimination. (3) "Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin were both responsible for the communization of USSR and China under Mao Rule."First off, China hasn't ever really been a Communist country to the extent we are talking about, but rather just a society based on totalitarian rule. (4) But I will gladly defend the Soviet Union. "23 million [murdered] by Joseph Stalin. Also, lets not forget that everyone except the elite was starving and barely scraping by a living."Joseph Stalin murdered people of opposing political parties. The United States caused widespread fear when Communism was at its height, and left people then and for centuries to come afraid to experiment the idea of Communism. (5) Now, it is another debate altogether to say which one was most damaging to mankind as a whole. If you would like to debate it after this one, feel free to challenge!You have to keep in mind, that Joseph Stalin came into power of a dying and weak country. (6) While the Five Year Plan was rather ineffective, it did eventually industrialize Russia, and made it the second largest world power for half a century. Later oppression came because people rebelled. That doesn't have anything to do with Communism, but rather the totalitarian rulers that came with it. (6) "I will take the two of the most successful current capitalist countries. The United States and England."Nor the United States nor England are purely capitalist. They both have ties to different forms of government (i.e. socialism) embedded in their laws. (7) We are not debating the success of countries who experiment with capitalism. "How many genocides and oppressions of people have occurred in the 200 years of existence? None"No oppressions, huh? Slavery? (8) Immigration Discrimination? (3) Private loans and credit cards designed to keep people in debt? (9) While these are not directly harming to citizens, they prevent equality and make people sign their lives away on paper. "From this we can obviously see that capitalist is better for people as a whole. There are no wide scale genocides or oppressions from its leaders. Capitalism is clearly the prime choice for the welfare of its citizens."Here's a tip for writing essays: Never use the word obviously. Its like calling your reader an idiot.Since I debunked most of your on the surface claims, I don't see how this resolution "obviously" holds together. Rise to the top "The most obvious beneficial impact of capitalism is that everybody gets equal opportunities."Actually, this sentence would fit better together if you had placed "Communism" in the place of "Capitalism". People don't get equal chances in Capitalism. They get equality from democracy. Communism, since everyone is equally important, get equal chances. In Capitalism, the person with the most capital gets to decide who does what. "Lets compare this to a communist society. Nobody has equal opportunities. This is because there are no opportunities."This is just wrong. If you have a knack for science in a communist society, you need to get somewhere where the government can recognize your ability. If everybody was destined to work on a farm like you said, there would be no scientists, and if this was the case how did the soviet union develop ABM's? (10)Consumer is king in a capitalist societyI don't feel the need to debunk this. It is the central idea Capitalism is based around; to say this doesn't work would be like saying Capitalism in itself doesn't work (for a finite period of time), which is obviously not the case.IncentiveThe incentive you're talking about is based upon fear, desire, envy, and greed. While this does get the job done of sustaining (for a finite amount of time) a Capitalist society, it is definitely not a better system than Communism, which lets people live without fear, no ability to quench their desires, nothing to envy, and nothing to hold onto with a greedy heart. Any of these that appear on Communist states come from the governments that surround the economic system, not the system itself. Reading future history, motivation powered by desire will "obviously" seem worse than motivation powered by progress. I do not connect how lack of financial motivation leads to laziness. Please expand.Majority of the world use capitalismThere are a lot of reasons why something could be the way it is. Rushing to the conclusion "because its better" is definitely a mistake. For instance, Communism has only been around a short period of time in comparison to Capitalism. Communism has been the subject of efforts by the United States to spread fear. Communism has never been seen in a successful view, since it hasn't been pared with any other form of government but a Totalitarian State. Nevertheless, we cannot simply settle that what is here now is better forever. The world changes everyday, to limit the change from economics is bad practice.CONCLUSION I have weakened the foundation of all of my opponents arguments. (with the exception of the paragraph where CON defined what Capitalism was) My claims so far have not been debunked or attacked (as stated in the rules :3), so I must urge a vote to PRO at this point in the debate.________________(1) http://dailyreckoning.com...(2) http://digital.library.okstate.edu...(3) http://www.bolshevik.org...(4) http://www.slate.com...(5) http://en.wikipedia.org...(6) http://en.wikipedia.org...(7) http://answers.yahoo.com... (second answer)(8) http://www.slaveryinamerica.org...(9) http://jamesshore.com...(10) http://en.wikipedia.org...