Economic Freedom ought to be valued over economic equality

Goodluck. SpiffyTexan's supports his position of "Economic Freedom ought to be valued over economic equality" with 3 contentions which I will try to disprove. Since SpiffyTexan did not formally define the term Socialism, I will define it here:Socialism (by econlib. org): a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production [1]Economic Equity (by SpiffyTexan): an economy in that all of the inhabitants are equally wealthy, and have the same status in the economy, because they have had the same opportunities, non discriminant on race, gender, skill, culture, or wealth condensation. SpiffyTexan’s 1st contention: “true economic equity leads to socialism. ” I will disprove that economic equity leads to socialism. Given SpiffyTexan’s definition of economic equity, if all of the inhabitants are equal and have the same status in the economy, then how can it lead to having a government that controls all the means of production, because everyone is equal? Since socialism requires a government, it implies that a government (comprised of a group of people) has a higher status than the rest of the population in order to control all means of production, which means that not everyone is equal and has the same status. Thus by definition, economic equity logically cannot lead to socialism. SpiffyTexan’s 3rd Contention: “Economic equity leads to socialism, which takes away from individuality” Since the first half of his 3rd contention is the same as the 1st contention “Economic equity leads to socialism”, which I had previously disproven to be logically false, thus the 3rd contention is also false. SpiffyTexan’s 2nd contention: ”Economic freedom ecourages innovation” Innovation: “a new idea, device, or process” - Wikipedia [2] “something new or different introduced” - Dictionary. com [3]Based on the definition of innovation, “Economic Equity” would be classified as a new process or, something new or different introduced. Economic Equity is a different system. When something new or different is introduced, that implies change. My opponent talks about innovation yet ironically opposes change from the capitalistic system to something different. Thus its proves that a capitalistic system doesn’t truly promote innovation, even if it means changing the system itself. "SA: Economic freedom is an incentive for success"Success is a very subjective term which varies among different people; it doesn't always depend on attaining wealth (material rewards) or social status. For some people success could mean: finishing their homework, reading a book, cleaning their house, losing weight, eating healthier, helping the environment, learning computer programming, making new friends, or solving a problem, etc. "The primary variable in the success of a system is the promise of reward for hard work and dedication"Today the reason you and I enjoy the convenience of having electricity, computers, and cellphones, is not because you or I worked hard, but because some person or scientist had previously already done the hard work of studying, experimenting, testing, and building those technologies. We didn't have to reinvent the transistor, scientists did a long time ago, yet we reap the benefits of their hard work everyday when we use our electronic devices. Most of us were born with these technologies and just take them for granted. [4][5] "SB: Consumers' voices are heard. " Lets look at a real world example. In the past recent years there has been a growing amount of people around the world rallying against the company Monsanto which produces genetically modified crop seeds. Despite the countless of global protests against them every year, Monsanto still continues to produce and spread their seeds. So are the consumer’s voices heard? No, they’re ignored. [6][7][8][1] . http://www.econlib.org...[2] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[3] . http://dictionary.reference.com...[4] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[5] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[6] . http://www.march-against-monsanto.com...[7] . http://occupy-monsanto.com...[8] . http://www.usatoday.com...