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    Appeal to poverty


     
    Name of fallacy Appeal to poverty
    Aliases Argumentum ad lazarum
    Type Irrelevant Argument, Informal Argument
    Description Thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is financially poor or incorrect because the speaker is financially wealthy
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    Treatment Show that the wealth or poverty of the speaker is irrelevant to the evidence or logic of the argument


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