Instigator / Pro
3
1294
rating
75
debates
18.0%
won
Topic
#1358

Socialism

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
6
Better sources
0
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
1
2

After 2 votes and with 11 points ahead, the winner is...

Trent0405
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
One day
Max argument characters
100
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1711
rating
33
debates
84.85%
won
Description

Karl Marx was wrong about more stuff than he got right, I never liked him he looked smelly and dirty and he was a lazy malcontent.Do you know who I did like his successor Eduard Bernstein who saw a peaceful evolutionary democratic path through gradual reform . But Socialism is inevitable for reasons they ignored , we simply cant survive unless we heavily regulate our conduct, greed and inequality are killing the planet. And if we have to slow economic growth to the pace of a snail , so what? all the better, rapid growth is reckless

Round 1
Pro
#1
The planet is going to hell in  a hat basket in our to save it we must radically change 
Con
#2
Well capitalism has lifted many people out of poverty, I believe capitalism is better and what we should strive toward.
Round 2
Pro
#3
Forfeited
Con
#4
Socialism has killed 100 million people depending on your classifications.

Note the poor conduct on my opponent.
Round 3
Pro
#5
the black book of communism has been debunked
Con
#6
Socialism is what we're talking about. My points have been dropped, my opponents rebuttal is unclear/unsourced.

Round 4
Pro
#7
WEll its simple, Capitalism is better now, in the same way a horse and buggy was before cars
Con
#8
So we haven't discovered/invented socialism? Yes we have, a long time ago.

Socialism has basically never worked.
Round 5
Pro
#9
Forfeited
Con
#10
Note my opponents poor conduct, I fell I've given good reasons why Socialism is bad