Instigator / Pro
40
1711
rating
33
debates
84.85%
won
Topic
#2085

Established Worker Cooperatives(worker owned businesses) are Better than Established Traditional Businesses, as of now.

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
18
0
Better sources
12
8
Better legibility
6
5
Better conduct
4
3

After 6 votes and with 24 points ahead, the winner is...

Trent0405
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
4,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
16
1697
rating
556
debates
68.17%
won
Description

I will be arguing that worker cooperatives are better than traditional firms, my opponent will argue that traditional businesses are better than cooperatives. Also, I will not be arguing for a worker cooperative economy, just that businesses that are worker owned out perform traditional firms. Finally, we will be talking about businesses that currently exist. The BOP is shared.

DEFINITIONS
Established-Firms already in existence.
Better-of a more excellent or effective type or quality.

RULES
No K-ing the resolution

I'M NOT A MARKET SOCIALIST, I'M JUST SIDING WITH THEM ON THIS FOR THIS DEBATE.

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@Trent0405

WORKERS

OF

THE

WORLD

UNITE

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@Username

We need a violent socialist revolution, HURAH #CHOMSKY2020

Trent0405 is vaush confirmed

Interesting that one of Pro's sources, Democracy at Work Institute speaks to greater advantage for people of color in coops, but the featured picture next to that very comment shows a group of whites. ???

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@Trent0405

he is permanently banned, gl to you too.

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@RationalMadman

HEY! Thanks for accepting RM, I was worried Eric T was gonna scoop it up and ruin it. Good luck to you in these coming rounds.

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@Trent0405

I disagree. If a worker wants to own their own business, they have some choices to achieve this goal. They can either buy stock, or can start a business up from scratch. If starting up a business was easy, everyone would do it.

here is a forum thread on this.

https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/3924-worker-owned-companies