Free Market Capitalism (Pro) vs Statist Communism (Con)

" "'This is why we enforced the minimum wage, because the government thought that private individuals couldn't help but pay their employees a starvation wage, thus the government is much better at determining morality than individuals From <http://www.debate.org...; " This component of your Statement supports the idea that the Government is more capable of defining morality, therefore affirming that Communism is the superior system. " it certainly isn't more capale of protecting the environment than the private sector as the liberals and communists would have us believe." From <http://www.debate.org...; " This is blatantly false and you actually acknowledge that the Government should regulate Enivironment. "The goveronment has one purpose and one purpose only- to preserve the liberties of the people, so if some corporation poisons the water supply, it should be illegal for them to do that, just as if I took a dump in the local reservoir I would be arrrested." From <http://www.debate.org...; " " And as to environmental protections, the goveronment has actually been among the largest pollutors in the world, the EPA recently dumped toxic waste into a river, and Bernie Sanders authorsed abill to dump toxic waste onto a low income community near the Mexican border. {2} From <http://www.debate.org...; " Maybe the American Government, largely controlled by Conservatives, but True Democrats (Not Corporate Shills like Hillary) have been in favor of incentives for Clean Energy and reducing the amount of waste that is dumped into the water, and pumped into the air. On Bernie, you seem to disregard the idea of Political Evolution. Evolution is defined as " c"(1)":" a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state" From <http://www.merriam-webster.com...; " Therefore, Political Evolution is this, but for Political Beliefs or Policy. Bernie is actually in favor of protecting important watersheds, wildlife areas and is an advocate of protecting Ocean, coastal and Lake ecosystems {6}. " we use "money" as a medium of exchange to represent this capitol. So really no matter what it takes those same recources to work from home, we just call it "money," but really you need physcal, tangible, resources, not money- and this isn't going to change if we switch to communism." From <http://www.debate.org...; " I concede this is true, however Marx said " From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com... From <http://www.brainyquote.com...; " This quote implies that each person should have what they need to survive, however in a Capitalist Society, if government doesn't regulate prices, we have incidents of price-gouging, such as Martin Shkreli who raised the price of an AIDS drug from $13.50 per tablet to $750 per tablet {2}, or Catalyst a pharmaceutical company who charged $60,000 to $100,000 dollars for a drug which cures Neuromuscular disorders, such as Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome {1} or Valeant who raise the price of a 24 pack of Ofirmev Vials by 250% to $1,019.52 along with a slew of other drugs {3}, or Questcor who jacked the price up from $50 to $28,000 per 5 millimeter vial of Anti-Inflammatory Medication {4} or companies who gouged the epi-pen, raising it's price from $80 to $500 and the co-pay from $45 to $200 {5}. Healthcare is also an issue in the Free Market, as most bankruptcies in the US are from Healthcare costs, even with insurance. The point is, that the Free Market can't stop these companies, because any attempt to regulate price or otherwise try to stop them immediately destroys the Free Market. If the choice is between a Society where Price-Gougers can get away with taking advantage of vulnerable individuals or a Society where the Government has control over such resources, and delegates them according to who needs them, one should prefer the latter over the former, for reason of practicality and humanitarian interest. In reference to the idea that Communism hurts people, we have never had a Marxist Communist System. We've only ever had Leninist Communist Systems. Therefore, the notion that Marxist Communism will have the same problem is unfounded in fact. In Communism, people get what they require to practice their trade, without having got pay, because people share things, rather than taking money in exchange for those materials. Therefore, all people have the opportunity to practice a trade, increasing overall productivity. People will prefer Collectivism in the event of a Disaster or other event which damages the output of a Community, because they're smart. They recognize that a group can produce more than any 1 individual, and in the event of a Disaster people are unlikely to have much spare cash, therefore sharing is the next best thing My opponent seems to disregard the definition of Globalism " a national policy of treating the whole world as a proper sphere for political influence From <http://www.merriam-webster.com...; " And capitalism " an economic system characterized by"private"or corporate ownership of"capital"goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a"free market From <http://www.merriam-webster.com...; " Allowing the abolition of Globalism, work would shift to America, I presume my opponent will accept this conclusion Under a Free Market System, a Laptop Builder in America might make $7 and hour and once he finished the Laptop, he wouldn't have the funds necessary to purchase the object he created, therefore the worker is still alienated from the fruits of his labor. The difference between Capitalism and Communism is that in Capitalism, you work for yourself and your own property. In Communism, you work for the State, and the state gives the product out to whoever needs it. Therefore, you should prefer Communism, because the fruits of your labor benefit more than 1 person in a direct manner. {1}:https://hbr.org... {2}:http://www.slate.com... {3}:http://www.wsj.com... {4}:http://www.nytimes.com... {5}:http://gizmodo.com...