Captialism vs Socialism

Terms Beneficial-favorable or advantageous; resulting in good-Oxford Dictionaries Capitalism-an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.-Oxford Dictionaries Socialism-Market socialism is a type of economic system involving the public, cooperative, or social ownership of the means of production in the framework of a market economy.https://en.wikipedia.org... I will be proving the fact that Capitalism has more benefits, than harms. In this debate, I will also provide arguments against Socialism, and how there are more harms than benefits. Competition-Competition is an essential part of Capitalism that makes this political theory successful. One can examine the many times in history when this proved to be useful. Examples: Apple: Apple was created by the visionary Steve Jobs in 1976. There goal was to create computers that were user-friendly to the common man at this time. Now, think about this. What would give you the drive to create computers for the average individual? Money. Money would motivate people like Jobs to create computers, and give him a purpose to do this. Apple made the Macintosh in the 1980s hoping to replace IBM. Apple went on to make many useful things that we use today such as the IPhone, IPad, and Macbooks. "Q3 2011: 20 million iPhones, 9 million iPads, 7 million iPods [5] [1] http://www.asymco.com...... [2] http://www.apple.com...... [3] http://www.apple.com...... [4] http://www.apple.com...... [5] http://www.apple.com...... [6] http://techcrunch.com..... Microsoft-Microsoft and Apple used to have heavy competition in the 1980s. This motivated both companies to produce the best they could offer to people. For those that do not know, Gates and Jobs actually worked together in creating the Macintosh. What happened was that Gates took the GUI from Apple, and created Windows. One might think that this was a backstab, but think about how much benefits happened as a result of this. Windows revolutionized how you worked. Back in the 80s, people used IBM and MS-DOS which was not user-friendly. The general theme here is that these visionaries were working for the people. They could have had selfish ambitions, but the point is that the reason why we are debating through this social network right now is because of user-friendly devices. Microsoft estimates that there are 400 million active users of Windows. http://www.winbeta.org... Facebook-This is also another social network that rose in an age dominated by Myspace. This not only can be a story of how a company was founded, but how even if there is a corporation that has dominated the market, you still have a chance to make it big. http://womeninbusiness.about.com... 1.581 billion people now use Facebook. Video Games: Video Games are also essential to many peoples' lives. But, how do people keep making better games. Video Game companies compete to make there consumers happy. COD, Battlefield, Battlefront, GTA, Saints Row, and many others all compete for your buy of their games. This has created an efficient market that keeps producing big games that make people happy. Self Worth-Capitalism also rises the smart and ambitious out of middle class. All of the people that have started the great businesses listed above are people that were either poor or wanted to live a life of significance. Capitalism provided a framework for all of this to happen. One could easily start a business, and try to make it big.According to Forbes, 273 members of the list are self-made billionaires, while 71 inherited their wealth and another 56 inherited at least some of it but are still growing it. Socialism: Now, this portion of the case will be focused on the harms of market-based socialism. How hard is it to start a business in Europe in the Status-Quo: http://smallbiztrends.com... 96% of Italians say it is hard to start a business. 93$ of Greeks say it is hard to start a business. 82% of Spain say it is hard to start a business. 80% of Portugal say it is hard to start a business. 66% of France say it is hard to start a business. 59% of UK say it is hard to start a business. 46% of Germany say it is hard to start a business. 46% of Finland say it is hard to start a business. This is pathetic. The data clearly shows that more than half of the country dislikes the regulations put on businesses. "Access to funding is another crucial restricting factor. In Europe they have a safety-first approach that means banks and investors are reluctant to lend to start-ups, which they fear will fail, thus helping to perpetuate the cycle of start-up failure due to lack of funding. In fact, in a poll of 125 UK entrepreneurs by Silicon Valley Bank, nine out of 10 say the UK fundraising environment is challenging." http://www.theguardian.com... American Profit World Wide: 6. Kit Kats in Japan. 5. Spam in Guam "It is somehow considered a part of Guam's traditional native cooking, despite only being invented about 70 years ago, with an average of 16 cans per year consumed by every man, woman, and child on the island" 4. 7 eleven in Taiwan 3. Disney Comics in Europe 2. Garfield in China-"In all of China's bloody history, from forced labor at the Great Wall to Tiananmen Square, nothing makes me more ashamed of my ancestral homeland than the fact that Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties was the highest grossing animated film of all time in China" 1. David Hasselhoff in Germany http://www.cracked.com... Here is a response from a British person when asked about American culture in his country: "Yes, American shows are very popular in the UK particularly sitcoms and stuff like that.https://uk.answers.yahoo.com... From these arguments, One can tell that: A. People around the world love American made stuff. B. People in countries with regulated Capitalism find it hard to start a business. C. Americans have as a result a more diverse set of businesses, and a more widespread culture. Priorities and Wealth: America has became the number one superpower as a direct result of capitalism. Capitalism have allowed the benefits of America becoming number one.The United States Gross Domestic Product for 2012 was $15.68 trillion. Total US Assets amount to 225 trillion dollars. http://finance.yahoo.com... America now is the number one superpower. America has the strongest military in the world. America is the leader of the western world, and arguably the world. America does not have to distract itself with providing technology, books, and entertainment for its own people, because the people do it themselves. Not only do Americans provide services for other Americans, but for the rest of the world. The Richest people in the world live in America.