Instigator / Pro
2
1309
rating
270
debates
40.74%
won
Topic
#5139
There are no poor people in capitalism
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 1 vote and with 5 points ahead, the winner is...
Benjamin
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Rated
- Number of rounds
- 3
- Time for argument
- Two days
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- Two weeks
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
- Minimal rating
- None
Contender / Con
7
1760
rating
93
debates
77.42%
won
Description
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Round 1
Where are the poor people?
Number of families living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022
Round 2
Thats not poverty. Those losers have food, and if they dont its their fault for not having a job.
Even if every single poor person in capitalism was just lazy, they would still exist. PRO has the burden of proof to show that no poor people exist in capitalism.
Round 3
I said
IN CAPITALISM.
In order to be in capitalism, you need to be a buyer or seller, so you cannot be poor if you are either of those.
What you said makes no sense, economies are capitalist, not individual transactions. Furthermore, the living people under the poverty line are still at the very least food buyers.
