Capitalism (Pro) vs Socialism (Con)

I will be advocating for democratic socialism, which to me, is half capitalism and half socialism. Opening arguments: Democratic socialism is by far a more effective form of an economical government. It is not really exercised greatly in this world, but considering how young politics is and how bad the world is, this would likely be a good thing. http://www.counterpunch.org... says Capitalism encourages greed. But greed is only good for capitalists. For normal people it is anti-social and soul destroying, not to mention very bad for our communities, which rely on altruism, compassion and a generalized concern for others. Capitalism is a system of minority privilege and class rule based on the private ownership of means of livelihood. This gives a few rich people the power to buy and sell jobs, which means they can build or destroy entire communities that depend on those jobs. Capitalists praise freedom and individualism, but they destroy freedom and individualism for everyone but themselves. The vast majority of us who work for a living are daily asked to uncritically follow orders. Capitalism requires the largest propaganda system the world has ever known to convince us it is the only system possible. It turns people into consumers through advertising, marketing, entertainment and even so-called news. Millions around the world are employed to use their creativity to twist our feelings of love, desire, human solidarity and fairness into tools of manipulation, so that ever more profits can flow into the hands of a tiny minority. Capitalism is a system in which the principle of one dollar, one vote, dominates that of one person, one vote. Those who own the most shares (bought with their dollars, who were often born rich) control giant corporations, many of which are more powerful than all but a few governments. Rich people also use their money to dominate the elections that are supposed to give us all one, equal vote. Under capitalism those with the most money are entitled to the most goods and services as well as the most say in directing our governments and our economy. Capitalism proclaims the virtue of naked self-interest, but self-interest without regard for morality, ecology or common sense leads to environmental degradation, destruction of indigenous communities, colonialism, war and other forms of mass destruction. Self-interest leads capitalists to seek profit absolutely everywhere, regardless of the damage done to other people and the health of the planet"s ecosystem. Capitalists make profits from global warming, from destroying our oceans, from pumping ever more chemicals into the atmosphere and from patenting everything they can, including life itself. Only by getting rid of capitalism can we rescue our environment. Of course, capitalism is good in that it allows you to make profit however you choose, but this gives people advantages that they can often be born into, and many other things making the system unfair. Bernie Sanders on http://www.cnn.com... explained what democratic socialism is and why he follows that belief system/ idealogy. What dem. socialism is about is saying it is immoral and wrong that the top .1 percent own almost as much as the bottom 90 percent. 57% of all new income is going to the top 1%. https://www.quora.com... Here are my rebuttals to your claims: Actually, according to https://en.wikipedia.org..., Norway"s unemployment rate is 4.8 (synonymous with the US). Denmark"s is an average of 5, and Iceland"s is 3! So these trend lines are decreasing. What do you mean by GDP spending? You seem to fail to realize that the GDPs of all these nations are increasing. Thus, the economies of these Scandinavian countries are not really falling. France and the UK were never socialist anyway, so they have almost always elected conservative leaders. Sweden has a GDP growth of 1.5%, but the US is 2.2. However, this can likely be attributed to the US population growth. Socialism has different types and is different from communism, which you do not seem to get. This is not stealing- it is merely changing the incomes. How can you steal what isn"t there (yet)? That"s like stealing an apple from yourself which you will buy tomorrow! Actually, you can beat me up and take my wallet- only the law stops you. A capitalist in that non literal situation would take the money for profit- a democratic socialist would leave it as is. As for the person thing with $5 and $2, it is not stealing if they didn"t steal. But when companies steal money through scams and tax evasion, that is stealing and wrong. Socialism has nothing to do with guns, by the way. If Person A does not give Person B something cool, then Person A is not going to get something cool in return works with democratic socialism too. So, democratic socialism is a political ideology that advocates political democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production, often with an emphasis on democratic management of enterprises within a socialist economic system (https://en.wikipedia.org...). And, on https://en.wikipedia.org..., they describe how the Democratic Socialists of America has at times endorsed electoral candidates, notably including Walter Mondale, Jesse Jackson, Ralph Nader, John Kerry, Bernie Sanders, and Barack Obama. Thus, socialism in a democratic term is where I stand.