QUESTION TYPE: Necessary Assumption
CONCLUSION: Modern capitalism does not weaken community ties, it promotes them.
REASONING: Modern capitalism requires large corporations.
ANALYSIS: This argument isn’t great. We don’t have a link between the existence of large corporations and the promotion of community.
Since this is a necessary assumption question, we’ll need something which at the least shows that it’s possible for corporations to create community.
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- This isn’t necessary. The argument is about whether or not capitalism promotes community. It doesn’t matter how well other systems do.
- This isn’t necessary. It weakens the argument.
- Not necessary. Corporations could build community in some other way.
- CORRECT. When negated, this reads: “Having corporations does not promote community.” Yikes, that wrecks the only support the stimulus offered for the conclusion.
- We care about community building, not economic success. This is irrelevant.
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