Ron, this is the explanation of the question like "Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to ensure that the industrialists’ facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war".
Actually, i want to know is my explanation right or wrong?
Thanks.
should I post this thread newly?
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Re: cr (Industrialists)
I Myself Wrote:Government expense is 8 billions while profit is 4 billions . So loss is 4 billion . Here author assumes that industrialists bear the cost of war . B has perfectly attacked this assumption . As industrialist does not bear cost of war , then they still can lobby government to intervene at war . No matter cost of war is higher than profit . So, B is the correct one.
^^ ok, yes, this is pretty much the idea.
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as always, the key to success in CR is "explain to a 9-year-old".
EXPLAIN TO A 9-YEAR-OLD:
"there's no way these businesspeople wanted to get caught up in this war... because they (= the businesspeople) only made $4 million from the war, while the government had to spend $8 million on it."
...suddenly, the problem should be perfectly clear.
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Re: cr (Industrialists)
RonPurewal Wrote:thanghnvn Wrote:Ron, Tim, pls, help.
I find an assumption that profit before the war is larger than in the war. I choose d and wrong.
If d said: the profit of the industries before the war is LARGER than that in the war, d is correct.
d said that the profit of the industries is substantial
is my thinking correct?
nope. the argument is concerned only with the dollars and cents of industrial activity during the war, not before it. whatever transpired before the war is not relevant to the argument actually contained in the passage.
Ron - thank you for the explanation. Can we say that 'D' is wrong because of use of the word 'during' in the stimulus?
"Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to ensure that the industrialists’ facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war."
If it was "because of" and not "during" then situation would have been different. correct?
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Re: cr (Industrialists)
that change doesn't have much effect.
it can't, because, even if you look at D more holistically, it falls on the wrong side of the issue!
the speaker (= the person delivering the argument in the passage) is using the $$$ figures to argue that the industry people WERE NOT using the war to further their own gains.
if the industry people were already making lots of $$$ before the war even started, then, if anything, that seems to support the speaker's point.
this will not change if we merely tinker with a word or two of the argument.
it can't, because, even if you look at D more holistically, it falls on the wrong side of the issue!
the speaker (= the person delivering the argument in the passage) is using the $$$ figures to argue that the industry people WERE NOT using the war to further their own gains.
if the industry people were already making lots of $$$ before the war even started, then, if anything, that seems to support the speaker's point.
this will not change if we merely tinker with a word or two of the argument.