The first statement of the passage tells us, translated:
NOT educated population --> economically and politically weak
Taking the contrapositive, we get:
NOT economically and politically weak --> educated population
The next statement tells us, translated:
educated population --> commit to public education
Connect the two statements up and we get:
NOT economically and politically weak --> educated population --> commit to public education
From this, we are able to validly draw the conclusion that:
NOT economically and politically weak --> commit to public education
But, of course, the invalid conclusion actually drawn is:
commit to public education --> NOT economically and politically weak
The general form of this invalid argument is as follows:
A --> B --> C
__________
C --> A
Answer choice (B) exhibits the same form.
The first statement tells us that, translated:
incapable of empathy --> not good candidates
Contraposed, it says:
good candidates --> capable of empathy
The second statement tells us that, translated:
capable of empathy --> manipulate
Connect the two statements up and we get:
good candidates --> capable of empathy --> manipulate
From this, we are able to validly draw the conclusion that:
good candidates --> manipulate
But, of course, the invalid conclusion actually drawn is:
manipulate --> good candidates
As you can see, this argument, like the one in the passage, also takes the invalid form of:
A --> B --> C
__________
C --> A