Capitalism

My opponent has failed to post his argument for round 3, therefore according to the rules he is not allowed to rebut my claims against Capitalism. For my first point I will kritik his argumentsKritik: My opponents arguments are all centered on the 1st worldAll he talks about is how Capitalim benefits those in the 1st world. They are a small percent of the worlds population relative to the rest. To put it simply my opponent isn't looking at the big picture. By only focusing on a small part of the real process you become blind to what your actions really do. We need to look at the whole picture to determine what is the best thing to do. My opponent simply fails to do this.Let me give you a scenario.Process:??? Result: MoneyWell we don't really know what happened here, but by my opponents logic what was done must be good because the end result was good. Right? So, by my opponent's logic it would make sense to have this process repeated despite not really knowing what it is and not knowing if it is moral or if it is harmful.Now let's reveal the truth about what happens.Process: Mugging innocent people.Result: MoneyAren't we glad we did not follow the logic of my opponent so we did not continue having something immoral as that despite it benefiting us.Now you may be asking, what the hell does that have to do with anything? Well let me tell you. Pro's logic and arguments about Capitalism is similar. He is presented with the end result and likes it without taking into account the proccess of getting to that end result. That is a logic that needs to be rejected. So based on this K you should reject Pro's arguments on the basis they do not take the whole picture into account.Now I will rebut his points about why Capitalism is good.Rebuttal 1: CompetitionPoint 1: Monopolies Under the system of capitalism the top corporations tend to engage in monopolistic practices despite laws prohibiting them from doing so. Giving little government regulation which is critical in true Capitalism allows corporations to get away with monopolistic practices. This can be seen with the richest corporations buying out their competition so they go uncontested at the top. Governemnt regulation is key to prevent this. Monolopolies are absolutely detrimental to competition and innovation in every sense. Point 2: Competition is possible without true Capitalism. While it may be obstucted and hindered it is still possible and effective. The big difference is it's governement regulated which allows governemnt guidance for which technology is developed.Basically the only time competition is possible is in strict totalitarian communism.Rebuttal 2:FoodOk before I get into the more serious points transition to fast food is nowhere near improvment of food. It's spreading rapidly, it's obesity on a plate, and most of it tastes pretty awful. Have you had McDonalds 1$ for two burgers thing? Terrible. Just terrible.Point 1: Globalized free trade and privatized control of food and water lead to food insecurityOne of Pro's biggest overlooked factors in this argument is overproduction which the nature of Capitalism has caused and is still causing today. This is particularly present in agriculture where desertification and soil depletion are growing issues that Capitalism caused. There is also the topic of overfishing which Capitalism also caused are causing food scarsities in areas heavily dependant on fishing. To conclude Capitalism causes food insecurity and famine due to the lack of sustainable practices, because Capitalism seeks to make the most profit in the shortest time which leads to overproduction.To quote grain.org " In the South, the different elements of trade liberalisation often translate directly into food insecurity. Among these elements the following have the most severe impacts on peoples livelihood. In addition they easily result in internal migration, urban growth and environmental destruction: * undoing land reform and allowing concentration of land ownership * privatising water * introducing monopoly control on seeds through IPRs * diverting land from food to cash crops for exports * diverting food from local to global markets Volatile prices and globalisation are creating an unstable, insecure and costly food system and undermine the ecological security of agriculture"Rebuttal 3: Video gamesMost people who play video games, specificly on PC, should be able to see how Capitalism hurts the integrity and quality of the gaming industry.For those who don't I'll give you a simple walkthrough of what goes on and how Capitalism hurts the gaming industry1. A developper team is hired to make a video game for a corporations.2. They ask for a reasonable amount of time in which they can produce a quality game, and instead are given a ridiculously short time frame. This is done, because the corporations can make the most money this way. People will buy the games anyways so they rush them out of the market.3. The developer team has two main options at this point. They can either rush the game out of the market and give a broken game that is not ready and disapoint thousands of fans. Or, they can stand up to the corporations and push back the deadline with or without the corporations approval. Risking their jobs and their ability to make the game. 4. Two things can happen. 1. The game is rushed out and meets the deadline. Consumers are pissed because they get a broken game. Or, the game is done right. The game will be released much later than the consumers wanted it to be released. Consumers are, once again pissed.It's a lose lose situation. All because of Capitalist practices to generate the most possible profit. Rebutal 4: TechnologySure, Capitalism helps produce new and cool technology, but at what cost. In order for us to live on top of the global society someone has to be below us. It's how Capitalism functions. It is reliant on a class system. A little ironic that those who it treats the absolute worst are those who it needs more than anyone. For example, you bring up Apple and how it brings us new technology like Iphones. Those Iphones are made in sweatshops by starving and desperate living in inhuman working condition. Some of them children. But don't worry! It's all worth it for our cool new Iphone right? Is that really your line of thinking. These corporations like Apple are raking in billions off the backs of the starving and the desperate. These children are giving their lives so we can have our lives a little bit easier and the corporations can make a little more money.I rest my case. https://www.grain.org...https://monthlyreview.org...;http://monthlyreview.org...