Resolved: North Korea should reunite with South Korea

Socialist states of the world (because my opponent couldn't supply us with an example)These are those that actually follow the ideals instead of just stating it in the constitution and using a bit of it in their government. These states may be considered "communist" in the West: 1. China - People's Republic of China 2. Cuba - Republic of Cuba 3. North Korea - Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4. Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic 5. Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam Any of them ideal to you? I will continue by noting errors and contradictions in my opponent's arguments: MINE: "My opponent has also pointed out that China has the "best economy" in Asia, but failed to state how working standards are in China. My opponent also failed to recognize that China is wanting, and slowly trying, to move its economy to Capitalism." HIS: "When my opponent says that China doesn't want to be communist anymore and are in fact socialist, then we can show that the best economy in Asia is in fact SOCIALIST and that a socialist economy is the key to economic success" See any discrepancies in his translation? I believe I have already pointed out that China does not want a socialist society. That is the entire point of its increasing Westernization; to move away from such idealism. China is advancing. He wants Korea to compromise it's economic ideals. Note that China and Korea in that sense are travelling in the opposite direction in his scale. Communism--------------------------Socialism-------------------------Capitalism <----more equal to everyone more for the individual----> Then there is him saying two totally different things: "this means that a revolution or a civil war would have to ensue in order for socialism to have its start. this socialist revolution would cause the breakdown of the two governments in both Koreas and thus mean unite." "She is in favor of linking the two countries together. She wants to aid civil war and "peaceful" protests against the governments, but this can only end like the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia where Nicholas II and his family was brutally killed! THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER TO UNITING THE KOREAN PENINSULA!" Please note that he now advocates political instability for both North and South Korea. I can finally give you a testimony that will cover this next argument of his: "My respective opponent says that The troops need to be on the DMZ to protect them from any possible movement from the other side. However, she fails to recognize that the US' troops on the DMZ could be coming home or going to places that actually need troops like the Middle East to fight the "War on Terror." My soldier friend in Korea says: "well let me start off by saying... YES The Korean war is still going on. there is currently an armistice and has been for just over 60 years. item of interest number 2.... its the 38th parallel not the 39th but that is just nitpicking item of interest 3.... until about a year ago we were doing monthly alarms in case of an attack. ie its 3am you are sleeping and a siren goes off, you grab all your gear get dressed and run downstairs. they expected this stat. you would be war ready in 10 minutes. item of interest 4.... while the DPRK is poor, it is the most militaristic nation ever. with the largest army per capita. they have to serve 8 years active and then until they are 65 in the reserves, unless they are not medically sound. ie missing a leg item of interest 5.... there are caves that the DPRK has dug under the dmz that could unleash well, several divisions into the ROK. item of interest 6.... yes, we party hard and drink lots of soju, but then.... i am within artillery range at all times, within 15km of the worlds most heavily defended border. that has had an unstable past. and if anything were to go down. i would probably be dead within a day or two. wouldn't you drink excessively? item of interest 7... when we are not drinking soju we are generally in the field training. we train more than any other unit in the army, hands down. true, we don't deploy to Iraq... because we are deployed here. item of interest 8... the worlds best alliance is between the ROK and the US. this is the only alliance that agrees to cross train each other. their soldiers train with us, we train with them. trust me its there. bottem line.... is it a waste of US money? no. due to the alliance that we have as well as all the tech we get out of the ROK it is in our best interests to help defend it. we don't have that much there. but it is our presence that keeps the DPRK out. i could go on and on. but then why? i might die in the next minute. so im going downrange to enjoy it." My opponent has also said: "Finally, my opponent also drops the point about the 6 Party talks and how this will be beneficial to any county around the country of North Korea. Thus she agrees with me and should be counted as a voter for the affirmative side." What he has failed to address is exactly how a instable country struggling to reunite, with half of the country under former dictatorship, economic mess, no political infrastructure in place, is a safer environment for nukes to exist? One might almost argue the situation is perfect for arms dealers. Now let me show you the steps in his plan: 1) the people of North and South Korea must wage a socialist revolution sparked by the encouragement of the USA. --as we have discussed above, he now encourages revolution after opposing me-- 2) this will be funded by the US Federal government --Why would the US fund this war on policy? We are already trillions in debt and going because of a war-- 3) the countries of North and South Korea unite under socialism --again, I'm not sure if I need to expand here...-- 4) The US and other ally nations will help the new Korean government to enact this system to its fullest extent. --U.S. is against South American states trying out socialism. Why would it try and help Korea? Articles:http://www.internationalviewpoint.org... and http://www.nzherald.co.nz...) AND finally, his biggest mistake: 5) Kim Jong-il and Roh Moo-Hyun (the current leaders of both Koreas) in order to have knowledge of both extremes of the economic spectrum. --Why would you want Kim Jong-il as co-president when he's the main reason for all the problems: "Kim Jong-il has been routinely criticized by world governments and international NGOs for human rights abuses carried out under his rule, as well as for North Korea's production of nuclear weapons, contrary to previous legal, international obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and his own commitment to make the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons. Camp 22 is North Korea's largest concentration camp, where up to 50,000 men, women and children accused of political "crimes" are held. Reports of gross violations of human rights by the guards have been reported, such as murdering babies born to inmates." - wikipedia -- Oh and I must say transition does in NO WAY imply mixture. Definitions are not implied. Transition is the movement of one stage to another and can be discrete. Even if we go by his erroneous assumption, the only way he can prove this is if the process sustains movement "it is on the way to the establishment of communism." i.e. He is saying that a united Korea will eventually revert to communism. And as for Karl Marx's quote... I give you, to finish our debate, Ayn Rand. "Capitalism demands the best of every man – his rationality – and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him."