Yes, Bernie Sanders Was Really Asked to Leave a Hippie Commune in 1971 Because He Refused to Do Any Work

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[–]Chipit 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Because under true socialism, people won't work. They'll live off others until the whole thing comes crashing down. That's why socialism doesn't work.

[–]Nemacolin 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You are falling for the No True Scotsman fallacy. By your reasoning, if it works it cannot be "true" socialism. If it does not work, it is "true" socialism.

[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It's not always a fallacy. See: 0 truly dead people are alive.

[–]Censored_Scrotum 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

See: 0 truly dead people are alive.

This is not a fallacy, because is it not a generalization...

The previous argument was a fallacy.