Instigator / Pro
0
1337
rating
26
debates
9.62%
won
Topic
#1593

Left wing economics works

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
1

After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

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Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
1
1593
rating
9
debates
77.78%
won
Description

left wing ideas can work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlAR1I1sVCg

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Plagiarism. And yes, you are supposed to use evidence but to then give your own interpretation; even just paraphrasing it would be preferable.
Were that not enough, the debate turned into con teaching pro how to construct arguments; so literally schooling him.

That said, I'll provide a little more detail in case trying this topic (or a similar one) again... The topic was basically a truism, but to cast a serious vote on it, I would need to treat it as possible for Left Wing Economies to generally fail to work (presumably this debate would only be initiated based on someone saying they outright do not work). Con did a good job Kritiking this, to mean pro needs to show they generally work, not merely by chance they worked in a single location. Pro did fight back a little on this, but included muddying the waters on what makes an economic policy considered left wing (a weak kritik against his own case being able to have meaning); which denies him the ability to reach minimal BoP.

And of course I've given some more feedback in the comment section: https://www.debateart.com/debates/1593/comment_links/22399