Capitalism (Pro) vs Socialism (Con)

Capitalism by comparison to socialism is a far better alternative for our society and our economy. In order to prove Capitalism's superiority over Socialism, I shall argue that Capitalism is efficient and has a moral superiority over Socialism. My first point is that Capitalism is very efficient in nearly everything that it does. Capitalism encourages rapid economic growth and almost always guarantees prosperity for its citizens. If you are to look at the economies of many socialist countries, you will see a rapidly increasing unemployment rate and a rapid decrease in GDP spending. The USSR and the former Soviet-bloc is a good example of which socialism has never worked in history. These socialist philosophies have been tried over many time periods in history of which it all ended in failure. Early colonization of the Americas attempted to introduce such concepts like collective property, this simply led to a refusal of work and a return to capitalistic policies. "My opponent might disregard the USSR as not "socialist" but even then, there is a clear contrast between the economies of socialist and capitalist societies. Many supporters of socialism use the Nordic countries as an example of a "successful" socialist system, however this is simply not the case. While socialism did improve the economy of the Nordic countries, it's quick burst quickly wore out and it's economy has gradually fallen. Socialism in Nordic countries: (https://downtrend.com...) Many socialist countries are even electing right-wing leaders on economic policies and many nations such as France and the UK are moving away from Socialism. Europe abandoning socialism: (http://www.nytimes.com..., http://www.corson.org..., http://www.huffingtonpost.com...) In fact many European countries are relaxing regulations, taxes and are slowly readopting capitalistic policies. Meanwhile, America's economy and GDP has continued to rise and is currently at a record high with a massive growth in small businesses and jobs. USA economy: (http://data.worldbank.org...) The falling unemployment rate and rising GDP required little governmental interference because Capitalism ensures that the most efficient solution will be used in any problem. Capitalism is motivated by profit and unintentionally improves the well being of a population. Socialism is motivated by "equality" and may attempt to force certain business to use ineffective policies which decreases profit. Without profit, businesses in socialist societies can"t grow or prosper and without any economic growth, the population's spending will decrease leading into a further decrease in profit. However, Capitalism will always find the most effective and efficient policies to maximize profits, this will lead to an increase in economic growth and will lead to an increase in the market. A larger market will result in a improved society as everyone will have an increase in income and spending. My opponent might attempt to justify this inefficiency with the popular phrase "Socialism is an amazing concept if, only it worked" or "It might not be very inefficient, but it is fair!". I will explain why that is not the case and why Capitalism is a far better alternative using the argument of morality. First of all: WHAT gives the government have the moral right and obligation to steal from people? Voting to steal people, no matter how democratic, does not justify the act of stealing from people, for instance if there was a room with me, you and a buddy of mine, we can't just vote to beat you up and take your wallet. Socialism only cares about one thing and that is equality of outcome and has this false ideology about how inequity=inequality. Their way of thinking is that if there is two people and Person A has $2 while Person B has $5, then Person B "must have taken advantage/ stolen money from Person A. They do not consider the variables such as employment or work ethic. All they look at is just the outcome with no regard to the individual's previous actions that might have led to his current state today. The reason why I am not as rich as Bill Gates currently is because, I have not graduated High School yet and don't even have a job. But in the twisted perspective of socialism, all they see is my income and how rich Bill Gates is. "Life is about cause and effect, if you don't work then you won"t have money, if you work longer then you earn more money. Socialists however, don't believe in free will and is willing to trust the government with everything in our lives. Government is made up of normal people and the government does not have a moral superiority and obligation to rule over our lives. How Socialists view income inequality: (http://www.huffingtonpost.com...) Socialism does not think about how to improve the lives of the poor but concerns itself with how to make the rich more poor. Putting a bunch of regulations on Microsoft may reduce Bill Gates wealth but, it won"t help the poor. The reason why people are poor are because some are simply not good with money, that is why many lottery winners turn poor again. Evidence: (http://www.marketwatch.com...) Throwing money at people will not improve their life and is a complete waste of tax dollars. Socialism is forcing people at gunpoint to give up large sums of their income to the government. The government in socialism steals labor from people for what? Equality? Fairness? Justice? How is this different from slavery or holding people at gunpoint at night demanding for money? Capitalism on the other hand is forced altruism. If Person A does not give Person B something cool, then Person A is not going to get something cool in return. This is forced cooperation between the company and the consumer. If a certain company is doing something immoral then it would detract consumers which leads to a decrease in profits. Competition among companies results in an increased cooperation with consumers. Each business will attempt to "one-up another" such as providing better wages or better prices and services. These all lead to an improving economy and with an increased amount of money, this will lead to better living standards for all people. Capitalism can easily acquire the goals of socialism with little to no governmental regulations. It does not require stealing from anyone and is completely motivated by free will of which fuels a society's well-being. Evidence: (https://mic.com...)