16: Research of Basics [Main1]

Welcome All, And Welcome Myself,
Today is the start of another day of research. First, before getting to the main argument of the research, you must first establish a ground of understanding with the audience. I was always told to explain the basics and the grounds on which your argument resides before starting the debate. The base for my topic is in my first main point:

1) Basics of Communism vs. Democracy

Democracy

• Democracy is often related to the phrase "free country," but that is not the sole definition. In fact, the entire misconception that democracy means free country is far from true. Democracy is defined as a system of government that is run by the whole population usually through elected representatives.

• The concept of elected officials grants the population a decent amount of power in determining how the country should be run; this created a range of fault or leisure in which anything not already covered by law, is usually free to be practiced or taught. This is where the phrase "Free Country" comes from; the freedom we as people gain to say or do what we please with regards to laws and regulations.

Communism

• Communism is often described as no matter how hard you work, you're still getting paid the same as the guy next to you. This statement is true if you only look at the fact of payment, and not the issue of job rank or job structure. Communism is defined as a political theory by Karl Marx that advocates class war and work is delegated by abilities and needs. The purpose of Communism, and more specifically Marxism, is to treat everyone equally and get rid of any class struggle.

• The issues with Communism, is that it is often classified as having no choice or opinion in politics or even sometimes the workplace. Although, mostly accurate, the fact that a person is working in the first place makes communism more of an equality based government than democracy, but with less freedoms.

Democracy vs. Communism

Regardless of the Communism vs. Democracy debate, there are individuals on both sides of governments who attempt to abuse the system to reap personal benefits. This is more often seen on the side of Democracy, as the freedoms are more accessible than on the Communist side. The most common occurrence of these situations are in the school system; however the school system itself seems to be based more on communism than democracy anyways, but that's for next week's research.

Watterson, Bill. "Calvin and Hobbes" Cartoon. fanpop.com 2006. 16 Oct. 2014 <http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/debate/images/1160605/title/calvin-on-communism-photo>

Watterson, Bill. "Calvin and Hobbes" Cartoon. mbird.com 2007. 16 Oct. 2014 <http://www.mbird.com/2011/11/two-vaguely-thanksgiving-related-calvin-and-hobbes/>