Instigator / Pro
0
1294
rating
75
debates
18.0%
won
Topic
#1505

Socialism could work in the USA in fact it already has

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
3

After 3 votes and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

Ramshutu
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
One day
Max argument characters
1,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
3
1764
rating
43
debates
94.19%
won
Description

Socialism worked here once in Milwaukee and could work again https://www.thenation.com/article/socialism-milwaukee-democrats-2020/

Round 1
Pro
#1
Forfeited
Con
#2
Socialism requires the social ownership of the means of production. While there have been times where governments in the US have spent money on social programs, at no point have they moved the ownership of the means of production into public hands - thus have never been socialist.

Social ownership of the means of production - and the implementation of socialism would not be successful not only due to the widespread anti-socialist propaganda employed by the right; the private ownership in the US would produce an untenable amount of push back on any attempt to implement socialism from the right, and thus would not work.


Round 2
Pro
#3
Forfeited
Con
#4
Extend
Round 3
Pro
#5
Forfeited
Con
#6
Extend