They're All Crooks
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Let’s talk about Fallacy named They're All Crooks.
What is it?
The common contemporary fallacy of refusing to get involved in public politics because "all" politicians and politics are allegedly corrupt,
ignoring the fact that if this is so in a democratic country it is precise because decent people like you and I refuse to get involved, leaving the field open to the "crooks" by default.
Where does it occur?
Related to this fallacy is "They're All Biased," the extremely common contemporary cynical fallacy of ignoring the news and news media because none tells the "objective truth" and all push some "agenda."
Why do I need to know?
This basically true observation logically requires audiences to regularly view or read a variety of media sources in order to get an approximation of reality,
but for many younger people today (2017) it means in practice,
"Ignore news, news media, and public affairs altogether and instead pay attention to something that's fun, exciting, or personally interesting to you."
The sinister implication for democracy is, "Mind your own business and leave all the 'big' questions to your betters, those whose job is to deal with these questions and who are well paid to do so."
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References & Studies: -
http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm
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