Point at Issue Questions - - Question 12

Conservative: Socialists begin their arguments with an analysis of history, from which they claim to derive certain t...

Richmond June 20, 2018

Please Explain

Could you explain the difference between answer choices (A) and (E).

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Anita June 21, 2018

@Richmond
Let’s start with A. What does the conservative think about socialism’s inevitability? Well, they don’t seem to support that, and mostly say that they believe that’s what socialists think. But what does the socialist think? They also don’t think there is an inevitability factor. So we can rule out A - they don’t disagree!

Now E. What does the conservative think about whether socialists analyze history in order to support their theory that socialism is inevitable? The conservative certainly thinks they do. The socialist, on the other hand, says that’s not at all why socialists analyze history. We’ve found the point at issue!