• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    Hrm, this seems logically flawed — it appears to be an association fallacy: Let A be a set containing “Elites”, “Oligarchs”, and “Plutocrats”. Let B be a set of things that are considered “bad”. Let C be a set of things that are considered capitalist. If A is a subset of B, and A is a subset of C (assuming that that is a correct subsumption), that doesn’t imply that C is necessarily a subset of B.

    Of course, to avoid forming an argument from fallacy, I would like to clarify that this isn’t to argue that the final implied claim of “capitalism is the problem” is wrong, but simply that the argument used is unsound.