Liberalism and Communism Go Hand-in-Hand

Alright. To begin I would like to lay down a few definitions. Communism: a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. B: a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production D: a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably Liberalism: theory in economics emphasizing individual freedom from restraint and usually based on free competition, the self-regulating market, and the gold standard c: a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties (definitions courtesy of Merriam-Webster.com) There are certain HUGE and very noticeable differences betweem Communism and Liberalism. 1. Liberalism is "based on free competition and a self-regulating market". Communism does not! In order for communism to be classified as communism, the government must have control over the economy. 2. Liberalism emphasizes "the autonomy of the individual and stands for the protection of political and civil liberties." Communism does not. Communism emphasizes comformity and takes away liberties such as the right to free speech, the right to practice religion (let alone the right to choose which religion you practice), the right to own property, and the right to own a business. These rights are rights the Liberalism fights for with passion. Furthermore, two can play at this game! Conservatism wants to ban flag burning! Thats a violation of free speech. Communism! Conservatism wants ban homosexual marriage! Violation of a civil liberty. Communism! Conservatism runs an economy that favor a small wealthy class and ignores a large middle class. Communism! Liberalism promotes individual liberties in a way conservatism has never! Now my point is not to accuse conservatives of being communist. That would be ridiculous. However, to call a Liberal a Communist is equally ridiculous. My opponent can find ways to prove the Liberalism parallels to communism, but I myself can find ways to parallel Conservatism to communism as well. We can can go in circles all day, but the truth will stand. Liberalism is not communism. Both accusations are insignifigant because of the vast amount of differences the two hold with communism. Moving on, I would like to turn my your attention to this graph providid by Wikipedia which illustrates the political spectrum. http://upload.wikimedia.org... According to the chart, Liberalism is a solid 135 degrees from communism. That would mean that the two political theories are, in fact, almost complete opposites!! Need I say more? My opponents argument is based on the idea that liberalism in its most extreme form is communism. That is a false notion. Liberalism in its most extreme form, is anarchism, wich is VERY FAR from being communism! According to the chart, a communist could never be a liberal because a liberal is not authoritative and, just as well, a liberal could never be a communist because communism IS authoritative. Now, in closing, I would like to address a few of my opponents points. 1. My opponent stated: "Once that is accomplished and they get their Jihadi president in office they will be out for one thing..." -I had to address this point despite its irrelevance. Jihadi???? You are going to accuse a man raised in kansas and hawaii by a christian mother, and by christian grandparents of being engaged in a islamic holy war because the father who he met ONCE when he was 10yrs old happened to be a muslim? No. That's blatant ignorance, my friend. Leave your slandering neo-conservative traits out of this debate and lets argue with facts, not slander. Fact: Barack Obama has been a practicing christian his entire life! 2. My opponent based his argument on Broad Generalizations that assume that everyone who is a liberal is in favor of a socialist agenda. That is completely untrue. I myself am a liberal, yet I am STRONGLY against the idea of a making the US a welfare state, and I WILL NOT support socialized medicine. Barack Obama has made those same statements himself. My opponent cannot claim that 1.5 Billion people have the same political agenda because they are liberal. Thanks for the Debate!