The United States overall is a benefit to mankind

Framework: The topics of discussion in today's round are: Innovation Technology World Peace Social ideaologies These were basically the only issues he mentioned. So if he can show that the US greatly benefits society in at least 2 of these categories, he wins today's round. As the con, I must show that either the US makes little to no impact and/or that they worsen the situation in at least 2 of the 3 categories in today's round. Last Clarification: If something does not benefit the majority of the people, then it is not beneficial to mankind/society overall. For example if the pro says, " well, the US is still benefiting people because people in their country can buy more oil from middle eastern war." that does not count as a valid point, because the US is not the majority of the world. That is how you should weigh today's round voters. Anyways on to my three main points. I'm not going to refute his claims until the next round to make it fair to him, since he never had a chance to refute mine. Contention one: The US does not benefit the world technologically. When it comes to technology and innovation, the countries that actually benefit the world greatly are those in Asia. Look to Japan for example, whose main industry is technology. They are known for making key advancements in phones, cars and electronics in general. Also, When looking to well known companies that produce technology, most of them are not even American Companies. For cars, GM and Chrysler are non-existent outside of North America, and Ford barely makes an impact in Europe. Countries generally use their own brand of cars, like Volkswagens or Mercedes, not American cars. Airlines as well are making the shift from Boeing to Airbus, showing that the US is failing to innovate in this area as well. While the US may have started some of these industries, it is private companies around the world that are making the advancements and one upping US products, so they really do not benefit the world because they cannot provide other nations with proper technology for success. In fact, most people in the United states barely even use American Technology. The vast majority of it is made in China. So, clearly, the United provides little to no benefits in the industry of innovation and technology. Contention 2: The US weakens the idea of World Peace. When looking to the history of the United States, they are notorious for starting wars for no reason. In fact, the reason why the US is a country is because they fought with the UK, which is by no means a peaceful way to form a nation. Before the US was a country, the settlers basically eradicated an entire race of native indian people, which also shows why the US has oppressed people around the world. They also banned slavery much later than most sovereign nations, and to remove it, they fought each other in Civil War. The US's foreign policy ruins the world more so than it helps the world. When countries need their help, they refuse to help. Take for example the Hutu-Tutsi war in Rwanda, the US never sent any aid whatsoever to help them, which in turn lead to mass genocide that has spread to Congo. They also never helped Cambodia from the Oppressive Khmer Rouge, which greatly set back Cambodia. However, when it comes to their own political agenda, the US pounces,attacks and kills innocent people around the world. Look at the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were supposed to be in Afghanistan to remove Al Qaeda. Instead, they bombed the streets and tried to take the nation under their control, and attempted to remove the Taliban, even though they have virtually no connection to Al Qaeda or their supposed goals. Many innocent lives were taken, and no real progress has really been made on the country as a whole. Iraq as well has worsened. Neither of these countries ever asked for US aid, but they attacked them anyways. Iraq didn't even have Weapons of Mass Destruction, and all the US wanted was to control their oil for themselves, not for other countries to develop as stable nations. Many innocent civillians died and the country is on the verge of civil war. Also, a few decades ago, the US oppressed the people of Nicaragua, and killed countless innocent civilians for their resources. Further, East Timor, an area by Indonesia, had many innocent civilians of theirs brutally murdered, and another race of people almost died out, mainly due to the United States. These last two examples come from professor Noam Chomsky of MIT. Chomsky also goes on to add that the US has encouraged Israel to oppress the Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians have no rights, and are losing their land specifically because of Israel. Since the US gave Israel arms, Israel has abused their power and are even building Condo complex's for Israeli's to live in on Palestinian land. Also, ever since the US stopped occupying the majority of South American nations, the economies of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil have seen their economies skyrocket, and are started to transition towards being stable nations that can benefit the world, all primarily due to the fact that the United States left these countries. None of these events help world peace at all. In fact, the worsen world peace severely. Contention 3: Social ideologies from the US really don't benefit society as a whole. When it comes to philosophy, the US has taken the vast majority of philosophical ideas from other nations, including those of France and Britain. In events like women suffrage and slavery, the US was never the first to end/start these philosophies. They also fail to influence other nations positively, as their crime rate is the worst in the world according to http://www.mapsofworld.com.... So, considering that the US has the worst crime rate worldwide, it is clear that their system of law is broken, and that their ideologies really don't influence other people, or act as original ideas formed by the United States. In fact, as I stated in contention 2, the US is notorious for weakening nations and oppressing people to the brink of destruction. The only thing politicians care about is oil. That's why they supported the Libyan Rebels, that's why they were in Iraq, and because Iran controls 4% of the world's oil, they will probably declare war on Iran within this decade. None of their ideologies have anything to do with helping or benefiting the vast majority of people. These selfish political acts do not benefit society at all, and in fact worsen the stability of areas like the middle east. When countries stay away from US ideologies, they find more success. That is why over the past century, nations under dominant US control have failed to blossom as prominent nations. Overall, the vast majority of social ideologies are not even formed by the US, but are taken from other areas, and the ideologies they do design generally fail to make any impact on society as a whole. For these reasons, I strongly urge a con ballot in today's round. Thank you.