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If you are claiming it is logical because it is an argument from analogy, even if it is a false analogy, then technically I would have to agree to that. My comm
by eggy 12y ago
If you are claiming it is logical because it is an argument from analogy, even if it is a false analogy, then technically I would have to agree to that. My comment about it being emotional is that when an argument from analogy is made between two things that have an obvious, fundamental difference between them, choice vs. force, then I see the person appealing to your emotions under false analogy by using the common term 'rent' for both situations. This is where ad hominem stems from, and although a term in logic, arguments based on it are not logical and usually are filled with emotion.
- jahaja 12y agoIt's not choice vs. force though, it's indirect force vs direct force. To make an actual choice in this case would require that the person about to rent out his or her labor has some alternative to wage labor; such as enough land to be self-sufficient, or perhaps enough capital to work for oneself.