Capitalism doesn't work.

In this round I will as well provide the burden of proof.Since my opponent did not bother to provide a definition of Capitalism, I will. "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"(1)http://www.merriam-webster.com...Poverty ReductionCapitalism helps reduce poverty in developing and poor countries. Capitalism allows for free international trade. This lets countries grow their GDP. As you can see in this website, African countries have had a steady growing GDP from 1999.(visit source number 2). Except for the 2008 economic collapse, nearly all years have seen a greater rise in GDP.(2) They can not increase their GDP by 100% with free trade overnight, but it happens over a long upward line. Capitalism raises their GDP.War PreventionMany of you might disagree with me on this one, but it is in fact a very sound principle. Capitalism prevents war. In a communist society, countries have no vested interests in each other. Communism does not allow free trade. Therefore, everything is generated internally. As a result, countries often attack each other with no economic consequences (other than the obvious burdens of war).However in a capitalist society, countries have a vested interest in each other. They are trading partners. For example, Japan provides the U.S with cars while the U.S provides them with weapons. It's a mutual agreement. Attacking one another would serve no obvious purpose. War would be a lose-lose action regardless if one country wins. It's economy of it would be greatly impacted because it has fewer exports and fewer imports. Therefore, this would slow down the entire system.Rise to the top The most obvious beneficial impact of capitalism is that everybody gets equal opportunities. Everybody, starts out in one spot and whoever is the smartest and most cunning rises to the top. Capitalism rewards the smart. The dumb people stay at the bottom. Have you ever heard of a genius homeless person? No, because if they were a genius they wouldn't be homeless. It's a sink-or-swim system. Capitalism allows for loans, one of the most important principles of rising to the top. How would you get past Harvard with no money? You take out a loan.Other systems don't allow for loans, so you can't rise up. Once you rise to the top, you obviously have more opportunities. But the important thing is that everybody gets a chance to rise to the top. Lets compare this to a communist society. Nobody has equal opportunities. This is because there are no opportunities. Regardless of if you are smart or dumb, you will still be farming the field for the rest of your life. Communism is a class-less society. Classes help the economy. The rich serve as an incentive for the poor to become rich. Communist societies pay the same amount to a garbage man, and a neurosurgeon. Is this fair? No. Neurosurgeons require a genius personality while any idiot can become a garbage man.INCENTIVECapitalism is one of the few systems in which incentive plays a major role. Do you want to own 20 homes and 20 cars? Most people would answer yes. This is incentive. It is a person, place, or thing that serves as a motivator. Why should a communist worker make 20 toys when he would make the same amount of money if he made 1 toy? A capitalist worker on the other hand strives to make more toys because he gets paid more.Capitalism's greatest invention is invention itself. People invent for money. Even if it isn't the first cause, very few inventors turn down the money (Bill Gates). Would have Ford built the first car in a communist society? How about Edison "creating the light-bulb"? Chances are that neither of these inventions would have happened.ConclusionIn conclusion, Capitalism is an amazing system which awards the smart and hard-working. It prevents war by free trade. It reduces poverty by free trade. It gives everybody a chance to rise to the top, unlike some other systems. In the system, the rich serve as an incentive for the other workers to become rich. If this is not the definition of a perfect system, I don't know what is.(1) http://www.merriam-webster.com...(2)http://www.indexmundi.com...