Capitalism

My Round 3 argument is going to be longer than my round 2 argument. I'm mainly going to point out why socialism is a bad system (again). As Winston Churchill said, "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.". The Issue With Distribution: In a socialist society, a man or woman is forced into a system in which they are simply given money way below any sort of living wage and don't earn by working and have their money taken if they make without government "assistance". This is contradictory to many socialist advocates calling for raising the minimum wage. This basically gives hard workers the same amount of money as some random person sitting on their couch all day watching Netflix movies. While free market economies demand equal opportunity, socialism demands equal faulty results. Mass Immigration Away From Socialist Countries: Thousands of immigrants flee socialist countries each year, for example, Cuba. More details in the sources at the bottom of this argument. False Utopian Promises: A socialist system promises "free" everything. There is no such thing as say "free college", the government pays for you to go to college. Sounds good, but it causes debt. Lastly, debunking 10 anti-capitalist arguments: These are not rebuttals for Capitalistslave's arguments. I look forward to responding to his arguments during the 4th and 5th rounds however. "Capitalist corporations suffer from a personality disorder characterized by enduring antisocial behavior, diminished empathy and remorse, and are rewarded by shareholders for acting that way. If corporations could be sent to a criminal psychologist"s office they"d be diagnosed as psychopaths and locked away forever." Ya mean crony "capitalists" and corporatists? "Capitalism encourages greed. But greed is only good for capitalists. For normal people it is anti-social and soul destroying, not to mention very bad for our communities, which rely on altruism, compassion and a generalized concern for others." No. Capitalism encourages people to work for benefits in a free market society, and, again, not sit on a couch all day. "Capitalism gives a few rich people the power to buy and sell jobs, which means they can build or destroy entire communities that depend on those jobs." I think he is still confusing capitalism with crony "capitalism" and/or corporatism. "Capitalists praise freedom and individualism, but they destroy freedom and individualism for everyone but themselves" Again, No. Capitalism encourages people to work for benefits in a free market society, and, again, not sit on a couch all day. "Capitalists denigrate cooperation and collectivism, but create mass production processes that rely on both from workers. Their system requires us to be cogs in a giant profit-making machine, but because they fear the power this gives us we are told working together for our own interests is illegitimate and bad. Thus capitalists undermine unions and other organizations that encourage workers to cooperate with each other and act collectively." The socialist system sees people with other views as cogs in amoral government interests. Also, I'm starting to think he should have titled his little blog "10 Reasons To Hate Corporatism". "Capitalism requires the largest propaganda system the world has ever known to convince us it is the only system possible" This guy thinks that business advertising is "government propaganda"... Also, North Korea, a socialist country, has killed people for not listening to government propoganda, requires people to listen to propaganda on radios, and all sort of music and television legalized in North Korea must glorify it's murderous regime. "Rich people also use their money to dominate the elections that are supposed to give us all one, equal vote" This is a better argument against the campaign finance system and Super PACS. "Capitalism proclaims the virtue of naked self-interest, but self-interest without regard for morality, ecology or common sense leads to environmental degradation, destruction of indigenous communities, colonialism, war and other forms of mass destruction." I wonder how events that happened hundreds of years ago make capitalism "evil" alongside a few industries. "Capitalism is a cancer taking over our planet. Capitalists make profits from global warming, from destroying our oceans, from pumping ever more chemicals into the atmosphere and from patenting everything they can, including life itself. Only by getting rid of capitalism can we rescue our environment." Correction: Only buy switching to renewable energy and abolishing other industries can we save our environment. "Capitalism is not a friend to democracy but ultimately its enemy. When pushed, capitalists choose capitalism over democracy. If people use democracy to weaken the power of capitalists the rich and powerful turn to various forms of fascism in order to keep their privileges." Capitalism is not a form of "ocracy" or "archy" and this is another example of people who know absolutely nothing about capitalism comparing it to facism. https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://poorrichardsnews.com...