Communism does not work.

Hello , 'Communism does not work' is an assertive statement so I assume Con wants me to fulfill the BoP and I will try to do that but I request that he makes a case for himself if he can too . In this debate I will be arguing in favour of Capitalism . Key Terms - First let's define the key terms Capitalism is '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 Dictionary (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com...) , I request that we do not use that definition as the current system we live in is Crony Capitalism which is defined as 'An economic system characterized by close, mutually advantageous relationships between business leaders and government officials:' (Oxford Dictionary Definition -http://www.oxforddictionaries.com......) another definition of Crony Capitalism presented by the Cambridge dictionary is 'an economic system in which family members and friends of government officials and business leaders are given unfair advantages in the form of jobs, loans, etc.:' -(http://dictionary.cambridge.org......) . I consider Capitalism to be synonymous with 'free market' and that is what I'm gone refer to when I will mention Capitalism in this debate. Economists and Philosophers such as Ayn Rand when referring to Capitalism also understand it as being synonymous with 'free market' . Ayn Rand has said 'When I say “capitalism,” I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism—with a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church. ' -(http://capitalism.org...) this website also defines Capitalism as - 'Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned. Under capitalism the state is separated from economics (production and trade), just like the state is separated from religion. Capitalism is the system of laissez faire. It is the system of political freedom.' Now Communism defined by the Oxford Dictionary is ''A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.'- http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... A big question throughout the 20th century and even now for some is which system works better. I believe Capitalism (loosely regulated) is the best system since it works in the most effective way and I also consider it to be morally right , now you may ask why? Capitalism is sort of a value-point system, and the points are capital . In a prosperous nation there is thousands upon thousands of charities we cannot say people are inherently evil not a lot of people literally starve in the west . Capitalism allows people to better themselves and their situation by building up Capital and it allows those in need to get the right kind of help . The following is an example of how less involvement of the government will mean more people will start to work. 'In the late 1990s, the United States established a reasonable record in reducing child poverty. Successful anti-poverty policies were partially implemented in the welfare reform legislation of 1996, which replaced the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new program called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).'- What the Welfare State does is lower incentive . In the example that I mentioned the reform required that some Welfare mums either had to prepare for work or get jobs , this was set as a condition of receiving aid , so the effect that the reform had was that the employment for single mums increased and as this happened of course child poverty also declined quite considerably, so as Stefan Molyneux said in the quarter century before this welfare reform there was no net change in the poverty rate of children in single mother homes but after the reform poverty rates dropped significantly from 53.1% 1995 to under 40% in 2001. This shows how the Welfare State lowers unemployment and destroys the inicitive of the lower classes to work. http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com... Here is a source showing how private charities are more efficient then government programs . ''Michael Tanner Director Health and Welfare Studies at the Cato Institute testified to Congress that 70 cents (or 70%) of every government entitlement dollar goes not to poor people, but to government bureaucrats (1). It is astonishing when we compare this figure to private charities. Information is critical to a free market society. There are several watchdog organizations that monitor the spending of private charities. One method that private charities are rated is the percentage of their budget that is spent on administration. According to Charity Navigator (2), one such watchdog for private charities, food banks & pantries only have 1.6% of their budgets used for administration, community foundations have 7.6% of their budgets used for administrations, and private museums had the largest percent of their budgets going to administration, which was 18%. On average private charities spend about 10% of their budgets on administration.' I have showed evidence for how Private Charities are more efficient then government programs . The fact is Communism advocates for forced equality while Capitalism is based on the idea that you should be allowed to make money regardless of your background. Capitalism is based on the ideas of free trade while Communism and Karl Marx's ideas are based entirely on forcing equality unto people and restricting their freedom . Is it really the fault of the rich that someone who is an un-educated worker and has 10 children doesn't have as much money as he would like ? It is his fault for not being responsible enough to make a future for himself and for his offspring but even so he still has a chance to become rich this is the beauty of Capitalism . Wherever you come from you have a chance for a better life . Lets say that man one day borrows some money from a bank and creates an extremely successful company? that's unlikely but it is possible in Capitalism unlike in Communism which enslaves you and in which you can only be as prosperous as the state allows you to be. That man has a choice he could go to a charity (that would be much more common in an entirely capitalistic country with no taxes) , charities are a lot more efficient than government programs like I mentioned previously an average private charity spends 10% of its budget on administration and most of the money goes to help the poor while government programs spend the majority of the budget on administration. If taxes were eliminated or at least lowered I don't see why some people couldn't re-direct some of their money into charity which is a lot better since it gives you a choice of what charity to donate to . In Communism a human person is just a tool that can be used for the goals of the community - http://www.michaeljournal.org... I don't have enough space for my final paragraph , but that's okay since I assume Con will make a case for himself in his next response and then I can post my final paragraph in the next round.