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Anarchist: Support People can either fight for anarchy or they can tolerate totalitarian government control. ███ ███████ █████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ██████ █████ ███ ████████ █████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ █ ████████ ██████ ██ ██████████
Summarize Argument
The anarchist concludes that people should fight for anarchy. As support, the anarchist says that people can either fight for anarchy or tolerate totalitarian government control. The anarchist then says that total government control destroys the spirit, which makes life miserable. Additionally, anarchy allows individuals to pursue their personal course of happiness.
Identify and Describe Flaw
This is a false dichotomy. The anarchist says that people can either fight for anarchy or tolerate totalitarianism, but there is no reason that these are the only two options for government. The argument does not address the fact that there are options beyond those two.
17.
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a
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This is descriptively inaccurate; the argument does attempt to explain why anarchy is a desirable alternative to total government control: because it allows each individual the freedom to pursue a personal course of happiness.
b
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This is descriptively inaccurate. The argument only says that people should not tolerate totalitarian government. The argument doesn’t assert that people should tolerate totalitarian government.
c
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This is descriptively inaccurate. (C) reverses the support structure of the argument. The argument actually infers from the assertion that totalitarianism is objectionable that people should fight for anarchy.
d
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This is descriptively inaccurate. The anarchist says that history shows that totalitarianism destroys the spirit and makes life miserable, meaning that the argument does indicate that there is evidence for this claim.
e
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The argument sets up false dichotomy. It gives no reason to believe that fighting for anarchy or tolerating totalitarianism are people’s only two options. Even if the argument successfully eliminates totalitarianism as an option, this doesn’t mean that the anarchist can conclude that fighting for anarchy is the way to go.