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Please help! Fallacies!?
I'm writing an essay analyzing fallacies in articles and I'm fairly certain this is fallacy and i'm having trouble recognizing what type it is. If it is indeed a fallacy, Please help me! Thanks! :)
"The poisonous Marxian notion that government should give you what you need gets a big boost, while civil society gets its knee-caps broken."
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- Michal SychraLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
False Cause (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc)
The second event followed the first event, therefore the first event caused the second event. The fallaciousness of this reasoning is obvious, yet it is a remarkably easy fallacy to commit, and it is used often in politics. Examples:
“After my opponent took office, the economy plummeted. A vote for me is a vote for restoring the economic engine of this country.”
“On our watch, the crime rate has gone down. Obviously, our policies are succeeding in the war against crime.”
“After the social liberalization of the 1960's, social ills such as teen pregnancy, urban violence, and rudeness in public discourse skyrocketed. We need to restore some traditional values.”
