Capitalism vs communism is one of the most important debates of the century. It has caused a Cold War and indirectly put someone on the moon but it should not even be a debate at all. Capitalism is unquestionably superior to communism.

Capitalism is more stable than communism. Communism is completely reliant on government. This means that if the government ever becomes corrupt, the economy does as well. The free market of capitalism ,however, is free from government influence. In other words, because the industry is private, even if the government becomes corrupt, the industry is unaffected. For example, if the government wants to stop funding public schools, private education is still available. One may argue that businesses are only concerned with profit rather than public good. This argument is invalid because of the simple fact that it is profitable to be concerned with the public good. Whoever has the most helpful product will make the most sales. In communism ,however, the government can stop funding education and as a result, people will just be uneducated. Even if the government does care for the public it can't react nearly as quickly as business can to public need.

Capitalism is more efficient than communism. When there is demand in communism, the government provides the supply. This is slow and involves lots of red tape. The government might even consider the demand arbitrary because they do not profit from it. Conversely, in a capitalist model, when there is a demand it is immediately profitable to be the first to supply. Business will literally race to meet this demand. For example, in 2017there was a solar eclipse. As soon as there was news of that, stores started stocking up. Knowing that they were going to make millions of sales on a product that would almost never sell in other circumstances. On the flip side, people who would normally need to search for eclipse glasses will suddenly be able to find them at any store they go into. The people benefit and so does business. A counter-argument to this is that, because communist nations tend to be totalitarian, a dictator could just order to stock up on a product. First of all, why would a dictator care about products such as solar eclipse glasses? Secondly, people would need to go to a government facility to get a product which would be much less efficient than going to your local department store. Lastly, because there is no competition, the government will take its own sweet time with distribution.

Capitalist values and ideals are better and more realistic. Communist ideology revolves around the idea that equality is all important. Ironically in communism everyone is under the government. Generally you are very poor or you work in the government. If you were to ignore the government and just focus on the masses, yes everyone is equal, but is it worth it. If everyone is equal that means that no one is rich. A fitting analogy is, if the world is on the brink of destruction, either everyone dies, or a select few get to escape. It would not be equal at all for humans to survive. Which is the better option, equality or the continuation of the human race. In a communist society there are none of the amenities of capitalism. In a capitalist society at least some people would be able to access these goods. In a communist society, they would be utterly nonexistent and labeled as bourgeoise. One could argue that material wealth is not the most important thing. That’s reasonable, but how could one not care about material wealth and still care about material inequality. Everyone in poverty in capitalism is free from the material possession that is "unrelated to happiness" after all.

Capitalism is overall better than communism because it is a more stable, efficient, and righteous system. There are very few functioning communist societies in the world, but Marx predicted that revolution would come from within a capitalist society. People should be reaffirmed that Capitalism is the greater option, or it might be the October Revolution all over again.